--- title: "John Cunningham - Center for Nonviolent Communication" description: "John Cunningham" url: "https://www.cnvc.org/trainers/deceased/john-cunningham" date: "2026-09-18T07:20:13+00:00" language: "en-US" --- ![](https://www.cnvc.org/images/portraits/legacy/john-cunningham.jpeg) # We honor the memory of: # John Cunningham Year of death: 2020 United States English Certified Trainer from 2000 to 2016 # Trainer's profile John trained individually with Marshall Rosenberg in Switzerland in the summer of 1999, and became a CNVC Certified Trainer in 2000. He has facilitated trainings in a number of settings, most notably the Waldorf School movement. John taught a 3-day home school program for 10 and 11 year-olds in Nevada City, California, where he integrated the awareness cultivated through Nonviolent Communication with a Waldorf informed curriculum and pedagogy. John passed away in 2020 and you can read an [article celebrating his life](https://www.islandssounder.com/news/john-cunningham-passages/). ![](https://www.cnvc.org/images/Jeff/John-Cunningham-2.jpeg) Share this page: - [](mailto:?body=Hi%20check%20out%20this%20trainer%21&subject=Check%20out%20this%20Certified%20Trainer%20with%20the%20Center%20for%20Nonviolent%20Communication%21) - [](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnvc.org%2Ftrainers%2Fdeceased%2Fjohn-cunningham "Share on Facebook") - [](https://api.whatsapp.com/send?text=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnvc.org%2Ftrainers%2Fdeceased%2Fjohn-cunningham "Share on Whatsapp") - [](https://x.com/intent/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnvc.org%2Ftrainers%2Fdeceased%2Fjohn-cunningham&text= "Share on Twitter") - [](https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnvc.org%2Ftrainers%2Fdeceased%2Fjohn-cunningham "Share on Linkedin") - [](http://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnvc.org%2Ftrainers%2Fdeceased%2Fjohn-cunningham "share on Pinterest") ### TRAINING FOCUS: - Children - Education - General [ Trainer's Website ](https://www.islandssounder.com/news/john-cunningham-passages/) ![](https://www.cnvc.org/templates/yootheme/assets/images/consent_placeholder_map.svg) ![](https://www.cnvc.org/templates/yootheme/assets/images/consent_icon_openstreetmap.svg)OpenStreetMap service required to load this map. ![](https://www.cnvc.org/templates/yootheme/assets/images/consent_icon_openstreetmap.svg)OpenStreetMap service required to load this map.