Global Campaign for Peace Education

Pursuing Global Citizenship through Education for Peace

November 30, 2017 0

An event on the role for peace education internationally was organized at Geneva Peace Week by the Biopolitics International Organisation and 3DlexiaCosmos. [continue reading…]

River Phoenix Center for Peacebuilding project on Police Youth Dialogue

November 29, 2017 0

The River Phoenix Center for Peacebuilding and the Gainesville Police Department have taken a bold and innovative approach to facilitate healing and trust building by bringing together black and brown youth and Law Enforcement Officers to address issues and concerns that impact their daily lives. [continue reading…]

Invitation to contribute to the Civic Education in the Arab region database

November 28, 2017 1

The Danish-Egyptian Dialogue Institute (DEDI) aims to create a database for one hundred active actors in the Civic Education field in the Arab region. [continue reading…]

Call for Applications: Ikeda Center for Peace, Learning, and Dialogue – Education Fellows Program

November 18, 2017 0

The Education Fellows Program was established by the Ikeda Center for Peace, Learning, and Dialogue in 2007. The program aims to advance research and scholarship on the internationally growing field of Soka education, S a student-centered educational approach based on the pedagogy of Japanese educator Tsunesaburo Makiguchi and his successor, Josei Toda. [continue reading…]

Growing Peace: Gandhi, Montessori and What It Means to Begin with the Children

November 11, 2017 9

Education has a vital role in cultivating peace. This is not so much a question of curricula as the kind of engagement fostered in the classroom, writes Mitch Bogen, examining the approach to peace education of Montessori and Gandhi.
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Courage, Resilience and Spiritual Strength: Peace Educators in Puerto Rico

November 9, 2017 0

The courage and resilience of our Puerto Rican peace education colleagues provide us with hope and demonstrates that to be a peace educator means to be devoted to learning to overcome obstacles to justice and to continue to strive for peace in all circumstances. [continue reading…]

This is no time to leave UNESCO, but to educate for Peace

November 8, 2017 0

The US withdrawal from UNESCO abrogates its commitment to the shared responsibility of advancing education for all, assumed at the time the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted, abandoning the agency created to advance the right to education for all. [continue reading…]

How I went from Potential Mass Shooter to Peace Educator

November 6, 2017 0

How trauma, alienation, and rage led Paul K. Chappell to realistic hope, radical empathy, and a new understanding of peace. [continue reading…]

Peace Advocate Brings Lessons of Understanding To Middle School

November 6, 2017 0

Iraq War veteran and West Point graduate Paul K. Chappell is bringing his message of peace and tolerance to Santa Barbara Middle School (SBMS) staff and students in a six-month Peace Educator partnership. [continue reading…]