Global Campaign for Peace Education

Racial wealth gap learning simulation

May 31, 2021 0

Bread for the World provides a simulation as an interactive tool that helps people understand the connections among racial equity, hunger, poverty, and wealth. [continue reading…]

Responding to the COVID Plight of Those at the Bottom of the Economic Ladder

July 21, 2020 0

This Corona Connection further explores the human suffering of the most vulnerable imposed by the unjust global economic structures that COVID-19 reveals and exacerbates, and further examines the imperative and effectiveness of immediate and local action when governments fail to act. [continue reading…]

The Economic Ladder is Color Coded

June 9, 2020 0

This Corona Connection examines the economic catastrophe the pandemic has visited upon the low-waged workers upon whom the daily life of society depends; workers who, for the most part, are African Americans and other people of color. Analysis also reveals that these “essential workers” are largely women, making it apparent that gender, as well as race, are factors that must be taken into account in the planning of the recovery process. [continue reading…]

Vulnerability and the Virus: The Other End of the Hammer

May 5, 2020 0

The pandemic has fully exposed the fact that those at the bottom of the global socio-economic ladder live in a state of regular, systemic deprivation. Awakening all to the realities and requirements for overcoming structural vulnerability is an immediate challenge for peace education. [continue reading…]

What Teachers Can Do to Improve the Economies That Will Emerge After the Pandemic

May 3, 2020 0

Howard Richards suggests that we must teach how to emerge from today´s pandemic, plus economic collapse, with economies that sustainably meet human needs in harmony with nature. The methodology he proposes for achieving this transformation is ‘unbounded organizing.’ [continue reading…]

From Emergency to Emergence

April 26, 2020 1

David Korten argues that COVID-19 is an unprecedented opportunity to rethink how our beliefs, values, and institutions shape our relationships. We can create a world that works for everyone or face a future that no longer works for anyone. [continue reading…]