Daisaku Ikeda was a Buddhist leader, educator, philosopher, peacebuilder, and prolific writer and poet with a lifelong commitment to peace and nuclear disarmament that informed all of his work, including as third President of the Soka Gakkai and founder of the Soka Gakkai International.
The Archbishop of Morelia explained that through the Michoacán Council for the Search of Peace and Reconciliation, “We carry out educational models… to generate a culture of dialogue, reconciliation, mediation in the resolution of conflicts and the construction of peace.”
‘Mother of Democracy’ failed to protect democratic rights as Delhi Police canceled the Day 3 proceedings of The We20: Peoples’ Summit on G20. The Summit vows to protect people and nature over profits.
The first UNESCO online Campus on the school year approched a main issue: how to build peace.
Six schools from five countries, Greece, Nigeria, Vietnam, India and Portugal gathered for a passionate debate.
PCFF, a joint Israeli-Palestinian organization of over 600 families who have lost an immediate family member to the ongoing conflict, has for years conducted dialogue meetings for youth and adults in schools. The dialogues are led by two PCFF members, an Israeli and a Palestinian, who tell their personal stories of bereavement and explain their choice to engage in dialogue instead of revenge. The Israeli Ministry of Education recently rejected the Parents Circle application to continue working in schools. Please consider signing their petition asking the Minister to reverse their decision.
This is the third in a three-part series dialogue between Betty Reardon and Dale Snauwaert on “Dialogue on Peace as the Presence of Justice.” The authors invite peace educators everywhere to review and assess their dialogue and the challenges outlined, and to engage in similar dialogues and colloquies with colleagues who share the common goal of making education an effective instrument of peace.
This is the second in a three-part series dialogue between Betty Reardon and Dale Snauwaert on “Dialogue on Peace as the Presence of Justice.” The authors invite peace educators everywhere to review and assess their dialogue and the challenges outlined, and to engage in similar dialogues and colloquies with colleagues who share the common goal of making education an effective instrument of peace.
This is the first in a three-part series dialogue between Betty Reardon and Dale Snauwaert on “Dialogue on Peace as the Presence of Justice.” The authors invite peace educators everywhere to review and assess their dialogue and the challenges outlined, and to engage in similar dialogues and colloquies with colleagues who share the common goal of making education an effective instrument of peace.
Join the American Friends of the Parents Circle – Families Forum, with special guest, Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers, for a webinar on the status of the threats to their peace education program in Israeli schools (February 27).
ANGEL Conference 2023 (June 19-20) aims to bring together interested parties from all backgrounds for two exciting days of sessions showcasing and discussing research, projects, and new developments connected to Global Education and Learning or Global Citizenship Education, and other related fields such as Development Education, Human Rights Education, Education for Sustainable Development, Education for Peace, and Intercultural Education.
African scholars and educators underscored the significance of conducting national dialogue and reconciliation in Ethiopia.
The Peace Education Network at Teachers College invites you to join them for “A Conversation with Betty Reardon: Stories of Peace Education” on February 17.