Global Campaign for Peace Education

ABDUL AZIZ SAID: Peace Educator, Cathedral Builder, Soul Dancer

April 26, 2021 April 26, 2021 / News & Highlights

In this touching tribute, Patricia Mische reflects on five decades of knowing Abdul Aziz Said as friend, colleague, and soul mentor. She observes that he was one of those rare people who integrate intellectual, emotional, and spiritual knowing in themselves and recognize and awaken it in others.

Accountability, Justice, and Healing After Derek Chauvin’s Trial

April 24, 2021 April 24, 2021 / Curricula

Facing History and Ourselves developed this “Teaching Idea” to help guide an initial class discussion on the verdict in Derek Chauvin’s trial.

Homeland Earth: A Campaign to Promote Planetary Awareness

April 18, 2021 April 18, 2021 / Campaigns, News & Highlights

On March 15 the Austrian Study Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution launched the global campaign “Homeland Earth,” which aims to contribute to strengthening a “planetary awareness,” a precondition for responding adequately to the global poly-crisis and its challenges that we are facing.

Youth Survey on Peace & Social Justice Education

April 16, 2021 April 16, 2021 / Action Alerts, Youth Focused

The Global Campaign for Peace Education is conducting a survey to learn about youth awareness, experiences, and motivations related to peace and social justice education. Deadline to respond: May 14.

Daisaku Ikeda on education for peace

April 13, 2021 April 13, 2021 / Quotes

“Education must cultivate the wisdom to reject and resist violence in all its forms. It must foster people who intuitively understand and know–in their minds, in their hearts, with their entire being–the irreplaceable value of human beings and the natural world. I believe such education embodies the timeless struggle of human civilization to create an unerring path to peace.” – Daisaku Ikeda

Teachers’ professional development for peace education (webinar report)

April 12, 2021 April 12, 2021 / Research

The Unit for Peace and Conflict Studies of the University of Innsbruck, Austria on March 17, 2021, hosted a symposium “Current Trends in Contemporary Peace Research”. Six peace researchers shared their experiences on current trends in peace research and challenges in the field.