Teaching Peace in a Time of War

National Film Board of Canada Production A decade of civil war cost the lives of more than 250 000 people in the former Yugoslavia. The children of this region have been irrevocably afflicted by the violence. Can Hetty van Gurp help teach the language of peace to a generation of kids who have only known [...]

Rewrite the Future: Mairead Maguire on education and peace

Mairead Maguire is one of over 30 Nobel Peace Prize winners, who released a joint letter on 20 November 2008 calling for urgent action to implement quality education for children affected by conflict. The letter was initiated by Save the Children, as part of their Rewrite the Future campaign, focused on ensuring children affected by [...]

Muhammad Yunus Nobel Peace Prize post by zagham

A special Program with Muhammad Younas Nobel peace prize winner in A Morning with Farah in Serena Islamabad. Muhammad Yunus (born Jun 28, 1940) is a Bangladeshi banker and economist. He previously was a professor of economics and is famous for his successful application of microcredit – the extension of small loans. These loans are [...]

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Community and Family Violence: Breaking the Cycle, pt. 5

Deborah Prothrow-Stith, MD lectures at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, in Cincinnati, Ohio, 2008.

Peace Counts on Tour (english) PART_2.m4v

Peace Counts on Tour establishes meeting platforms in conflict regions for dealing with successful examples of worldwide peacemaking. Based on facinating reports about charismatic peacemakers presented in the exhibition „Peacebuilders Around the World, the project is an approved and globally applicable educational setting for multipliers and journalists. The shared motto is: „How to make peace?

Compassionate Listening for Schools, Part II

A Compassionate Listening curriculum for schools! Students at St. Francis of Assisi Middle School in Louisville, Kentucky talk about what they’ve learned from Familiae Pacis, the Compassionate Project, founded by award-winning science teacher Fred Whittaker. In this peace education program, the lives of strangers become the ideal place for students to initiate their understanding of [...]

Peace Conference

Hostelling International San Diego for Peace-ing Communities Together 2nd Annual HI-USA Peace Building Conference for Young Adults @ San Diego City College April 24—26, 2009 Fri. 4/24- World Café Dinner Sat. 4/25 Peace-ing Communities Together (featuring keynote speaker Joey Borgogna) Sun. 4/26 San Diego City College Conference for Peace Education & Activism Register Now! peacebuildingsandiego.org

Efren Paredes, Jr Wrongful Conviction Addressed at Rally

Tom Rico, co-chair of the Peace Education Center of Greater Lansing (MI) spoke at the Freedom Rally in Lansing on Saturday, June 27, 2009. He talked about the wrongful conviction of Efren Paredes, Jr.

WE MAKE PEACE

WE MAKE PEACE is a not for profit organization working to incorporate peace education in to schools at Key Stage 2&3 in the UK and internationally. WE MAKE PEACE is translated from the successful nationwide Danish campaign, Vi Skaber Fred which ran in AW2007/08. Please visit our blog for more information: wemakepeace.wordpress.com

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