Global Campaign for Peace Education

Mourning the loss of Bruce Kent

June 10, 2022 0

Bruce Kent, lifelong peace educator-activist and the driving force behind the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, passed away June 8 at the age of 92. [continue reading…]

“The New Nuclear Reality”

June 9, 2022 0

Robin Wright addresses “The New Nuclear Reality” by calling forth the need to “devise a new or more stable security architecture—with treaties, verification tools, oversight, and enforcement—to replace the eroding models established after the last major war in Europe ended, seventy-seven years ago.” [continue reading…]

Nuclear Weapons and the Ukraine War: A Declaration of Concern

June 8, 2022 0

The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation supports the call for a broad-scale civil society movement for nuclear abolition and puts forward a proposal to convene a civil society tribunal to address violations of international law flouted by nuclear possessing states. We encourage peace educators to read the declaration to support inquiry into the potential of a civil society tribunal. [continue reading…]

Peace Education Handbook for the Great Lakes Region

June 7, 2022 0

The Peace Education Handbook is a product of the International Conference of the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR)’s Regional Peace Education Project and is addressed to teachers, facilitators, trainers, and educators who are looking to integrate peace education into their work and curricula. [continue reading…]

Nuclear Weapons are Illegal: the 2017 Treaty

June 7, 2022 0

Global civil society must mobilize to bring our governments into compliance with the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, our most effective means to prevent a nuclear holocaust. It is through peace education that the treaty could be made known to the requisite number of world citizens mobilized for this purpose. [continue reading…]

Call for applications: Cora Weiss Fellowship For Young Women Peacebuilders

June 6, 2022 1

The Global Network of Women Peacebuilders is pleased to announce its sixth annual Cora Weiss Fellowship for Young Women Peacebuilders. Application deadline: July 15. [continue reading…]

The New Nuclear Era: A Peace Education Imperative for a Civil Society Movement

June 6, 2022 0

Michael Klare, a widely known and respected interpreter of global security issues outlines the contours of “The New Nuclear Era.” His essay is a “must-read” for peace educators, who should be aware of his account of the evolution of security policy that has brought us to this present crisis. [continue reading…]

Another Year, Another Dollar: Preliminary Reflections on June 12th and Nuclear Abolition

June 5, 2022 0

This post introduces “The New Nuclear Era,” a series intended to inspire peace educators to address the urgencies of a renewed civil society movement for the abolition of nuclear weapons. The series is presented in observation of two 40th anniversaries, significant to both the field of peace education and the nuclear abolition movement. [continue reading…]

A Day to Reflect on Peace Education and the Earth Crisis

June 4, 2022 0

The environment, along with nuclear weapons, now looms as an existential threat to the survival of humanity. We hope that peace educators will observe World Environment Day by reflecting on how this issue relates to and impacts the curricula and pedagogy of their respective approaches to peace education. [continue reading…]

NGO trains 5,000 on peace education in Adamawa (Nigeria)

June 1, 2022 0

An NGO in Nigeria is implementing a European Union-funded peace building initiative to train 5,000 persons on peace education in 10 violent-prone communities. [continue reading…]