Our Program
MCP is a certified provider of Violence Prevention Programs and certified Court-Mandated Batterers Treatment and Anger Management/Intervention Program through the Alameda County Probation Department.
Our violence prevention program makes a positive, long-lasting change in people’s lives. Our classes are ongoing and open-ended, so participants can join the class at any time. Each client’s first class is free of charge and we welcome new participants to check us out.
Enrolling in MCP:
Please call (510) 730-0184 or email before attending your first class
Registration fee is $65 which includes client intake and the first stage manual. Class fees are on a sliding scale based on annual income: Starting at $25 per week for clients not working or on a fixed income, to $100 per week for clients making $100,000 or more annually.
Getting Here
Please call or email before attending your first class info@mencreatingpeace.org (510) 730-0184
What You’ll Need
- Picture ID
- Paperwork from referral source
- Come clean and sober
Stage I Class (Weeks 1 – #)
Wednesdays, 6:00 – 8:30PM
Laney College
Portable Classroom #4
(Located behind the E Building on the 7th Street side of Laney Campus)
900 Fallon Street
Oakland, CA 94607
Parking: Street parking, no meter after 6pm
Transit: Lake Merritt BART Station, Bus 362, 88, 62, 59, 40, 11, 1
Stage II & III Classes (Weeks # – 52)
Wednesdays, 6:00 – 8:30PM
Laney College
Portable Classroom #5
(Located behind the E Building on the 7th Street side of Laney Campus)
900 Fallon Street
Oakland, CA 94607
Parking: Street parking, no meter after 6pm
Transit: Lake Merritt BART Station, Bus 362, 88, 62, 59, 40, 11, 1
Saturday Morning Classes & Location
Saturdays, 10:00AM – 12:30PM
Options Recovery Services
The Veteran’s Memorial Building 1931 Center St Berkeley, CA 94703
Last classroom down the hall to the right
Parking: Limited street parking due to farmer’s market on Saturdays. There is a parking garage on Center Street
Transit: Closest Bart station is Downtown Berkeley. The AC transit number 12 runs down MLK and drops you near Center St in Berkeley
Tuesdays, 6:00 – 8:30PM
Deaf Community Center
1550 San Leandro Blvd
San Leandro, CA 94577
Parking: Across from the San Leandro BART station
Transit: San Leandro BART Station, AC Transit buses 1,75,89 all drop you at the San Leandro Bart station across the street from the Deaf Community Center in San Leandro
We have learned that perpetrators of domestic violence often blame their victim for the violence inflicted against them. Men Creating Peace helps participants take responsibility for their abusive behaviors, through accountability and advocacy. We teach men to negotiate boundaries and agreements, in order for them to learn how to create healthier relationships. In our model, program participants actively support one another to stop them from manipulating, insulting, raging, threatening, and assaulting as a way to get their needs met.
MCP’s program curriculum is primarily based on the Manalive™ curriculum, which set the standard for all batterer intervention programs in California [when it was used as the model for Assembly Bill 226, which was passed by the State Senate on July 8, 1993.] The Manalive™ curriculum is also facilitated in community programs in San Francisco, Marin, Sacramento, and Placer, including in San Francisco County Jail, Sacramento County Jail, and San Quentin State Prison. Manalive™ has worked with thousands of men over the last 40 years to successfully create peace in their lives.