http://www.mapm.org/copresidents08/ Wisdom, Thoughts and Information from MAP President Rebecca Janke en Copyright 2010 Sun, 18 Apr 2010 19:30:50 -0600 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Peace Notes: Tools for Building a Culture of Peace Visit www.humanrightsandpeacestore.org for more peace education resources. Career Development Introduce your middle school and high school students to “Lawyers as Peacemakers.” A quiet revolution has been occurring in the legal profession. It began when pioneers around the country got to the point they couldn’t practice law in the typical polarizing, adversarial way anymore. Innovators like family lawyer Stu Webb created Collaborative Law. Judges, one by one, are transforming their courts into problem-solving assemblies that support defendants in becoming responsible citizens. Lawyers around the world are beginning to inquire into what it is be a conscious lawyer, exploring mediation, well-being and balance. The hub of this movement is at www.cuttingedgelaw.com, a new website that features interviews of many of the pioneers. As they tell their stories, we begin to hear the development of a new movement in law. In addition, the site includes a directory of lawyers. Stu Webb is the husband of Martha Roberts who is the President of World Citizens mentioned further in this article under pedagogy. It’s good to see what a husband and wife team can do in contributing to a culture of peace. Children Connecting to Children Children can do lots of activities on the Tapori website at www.tapori.org. They can check out messages to each other, listen to songs sung by children around the world, and read true stories of children just like them who try to make the world better, even if their lives are vary hard. They can even send a e-card to a friend or someone new. Economics/Middle School and High School Institute for Economics and Peace has developed the Building Blocks of Peace, a series of downloadable teaching materials that offer a fresh perspective to the issues surrounding global peace. These comprehensive teaching aids will guide students to understand global peace and discover their own solutions to contribute to a culture of peace. As an independent not-for-profit research institute, it leads research into the relationships between business and peace, with special emphasis on collaborating with international partners. The Institute www.economicsandpeace.org has the following core tasks: • Generate and lead research on the relationships between peace, business and economic development, working in partnership with governments, international business alliances, academics, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and others; • Develop frameworks for demonstrating the economic benefits of peace to business, governments and civil society; • Initiate wider debate and enable discussion through international conferences, publications and forums; • Develop educational content for the study of peace within schools and institutions of higher education. Environment/Care of the Earth Leave the labels on crayons and send to the National Crayon Recycle Program www.crazycrayons.com. So far they have recycled 45,000 pounds of crayons. International Year of Biodiversity -2010 Discovery Communications and the United Nations announced a partnership to spread awareness of the United Nations global campaign to celebrate the International Year of Biodiversity. Throughout the year, Discovery will work closely with the Secretariat of the Nations Convention on Biological Diversity to increase the understanding of the vital role that biodiversity plays in sustaining life on earth. To get involved for the 2010 year see The Green Wave at greenwave.cbd-int/en/ibd. Geography North America’s rivers, migratory species and even pollution move freely across its nations’ boundaries. Yet most maps stop at the borders. The North American Environmental Atlas – a tri-national partnership coordinated by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) – provides a unique way to see the continent as a continuous, shared environment. It gives users access to free and accurate geospatial data and map layers related to significant continental environmental issues. See www.cec.org/naatlas. History The Zinn Education Project: Teaching a People's History<http://www.zinnedproject.org/> is collaboration between Rethinking Schools and Teaching for Change, supported by an anonymous donor (a former student of historian Howard Zinn's) and the Caipirinha Foundation. The new site features over 75 free, downloadable teaching activities for middle- and high- school students to bring a people's history to the classroom. These are the best U.S. history-teaching articles from the Rethinking Schools archives. The site also lists hundreds of recommended books, films, and websites. The teaching activities and resources are organized by theme, time period, and grade level. This is the only collection of its kind for educators -- print or online -- in the country. Visit and History<http://www.zinnedproject.org/> website. Human Rights Use this powerful, youth-oriented video clip to introduce the entire his/herstory of human rights and all the key documents in nine minutes! http://www.youthforhumanrights.org/introduction/index.html http://www.youthforhumanrights.org/watchads/index.html The video clips can unleash students imaginations about how to fulfill the rights we've already declared and invite them to join the worldwide HR movement!! Language/Storytelling and Writing The Teaching and Learning for Peace foundation www.tlpeace.org.au has created an on-line collaborative teaching tool or Moddle that is hosted at OzProjects http://www.ozprojects.edu.au/course/view/php?id=66. The foundation utilizes peacebuilding stories in its activities. This particular Moddle is based on a story called Turtle Dreaming. It refers to the plight of the snake-necked turtles. The plight of the snake-necked turtle is representative of the issues facing the Murray River in Australia. The project explores peace-building ways in which individuals and communities can work together to resolve problems. Students can individually read the story or work with their teachers and class to discuss the different story endings and then create their own to share with others. 2010 International Essay Contest organized by UNESCO and Goi Peace Foundation. The theme for this year’s contest is “My Role in Creating a Peaceful World.” The deadline for entry is June 30, 2010. First prize winners will receive a cash award and a trip to Japan. The contest asks young people to write their essay as a response to the questions: • What is your vision of peaceful and harmonious world? • What can you and the young people of the world do to realize that vision? Entries must be submitted before June 30th in order to arrive by June 30 to the International Essay Contest, c/o The Goi Peace foundation, 1-4-5 Hirakawacho, Ciyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0093, Japan – e-mail: essay@goipeace.or.jp. The Goi Peace Foundation is an organization committed to building peace. Through cultural and educational programs its objectives are to enhance peace and respect for life and to raise awareness among young people on the role they could play in this area. The winner will be announced November 2010 on the Goi Peace Foundation and UNESCO websites: http://goipeace.or.jp and http:www.unesco.org/youth. For contest details see websites. Music Be ready for the International Day of Peace when you return to school in the fall with easy, inspiring lessons plus a song, called “Minute of Silence,” suitable for elementary aged kids. (www.spiralingmusic.com/pdfs/Minute%20of%20Silence.pdf. ) Pedagogy Peace Education Guiding Principles for Middle School/High School Educators from World Citizens (www.peacesites.org) Visit this site for a variety of peace education ideas and resources as well as making your school a peace site. 1. Peace educators teach about global interdependence from multiple perspectives through multiple and diverse resources. 2. Students and adults walk the talk of peace education and develop respect, empathy and understanding for others through service-learning projects. 3. Peace education is interconnected and integrated in all the content and curriculum areas we teach and all the processes we use. 4. Peace educators intentionally build strong learning communities through healthy communication and acknowledge the reality of conflict and struggle necessary for change. 5. Peace educators teach, model and live peace and social justice with students and other adults and experiences evidence that what they do makes a difference. 6. Peace educators use a variety of instructional strategies. 7. Social justice is the foundation of peace education. 8. Peace educators are willing to accept the constant struggle inherent in the definition of peace education as a positive force. If you have found resources for infusing peace education into various aspects of the curriculum, please e-mail them to me at peace@umn.edu and I’ll include them in upcoming articles. Thank you all for the good work you do in contributing to a culture of peace. ]]> http://www.mapm.org/copresidents08/2010/04/2010_1st_quarter_peace_notes_tools_for_building_a_culture_a_peace.html http://www.mapm.org/copresidents08/2010/04/2010_1st_quarter_peace_notes_tools_for_building_a_culture_a_peace.html Education Sun, 18 Apr 2010 19:30:50 -0600 GCPE Monthly Newsletter #67 September-October 2009 The Global Campaign for Peace Education (GCPE) e-newsletter provides a monthly bulletin of GCPE news, events, action alerts and reports of peace education activities and developments from around the world.  You can sign-up to receive the newsletter and review back issuesonline. **Please add this email address to your "safe sender" list to assure it arrives safely in your inbox.
CONTENTS News & Highlights Peace Education in the Field Action Alerts Events & Conferences Trainings & Workshops Publications & Research Jobs & Internships QUICK LINKS GCPE Website Subscribe to the Newsletter Newsletter Archives Welcome to Utopia: Reflections on Realities and Possibilities Welcome letter from Betty Reardon Founder, International Institute on Peace Education Reflecting on the comments that followed the passing of the resolution on nuclear weapons proposed to the Security Council by the US in a session presided over by President Obama, I thought back to the origins of some of the core concepts that have informed my work in peace education throughout most of my career. One of the most misunderstood, even maligned of those concepts (among a number of peace thinking concepts that still elude the public, and continue to be ignored by policy makers) is Utopia. I use bold type for a bold concept, boldness being a quality much needed and in short supply in contemporary politics.   Utopian is the epithet often invoked to reject proposals for change toward peace as impossible, even worse as naïve, suggesting some lack of intelligence and knowledge of the real world on the part of the proposers. Such denigrations ignore the origins of the term in Thomas Moore’s denunciation of the realities of the sixteenth century world in his classic work, Utopia. Centuries before global civil society began to convene their periodic World Social Forum, Moore asserted that “another world is possible,” and he gave us a term for the concept of the best social order we can imagine, or conceive. Utopia is a pregnant idea, formed in the mind as a possibility toward which we might strive and in the striving learn how to realize concept, to make it real. Without conception, new life, in human society as in human beings, cannot be become reality. Utopia is a concept, the germinal idea from which new life in a new social order can germinate into a viable political goal, born into a process of politics and learning that could mature into a transformed social order; perhaps what we have come to call a culture a peace, a new world reality. Absent the germinal concept, there is little chance for a better world to evolve from a possibility to a reality.   General and Complete Disarmament is just such a concept. While human society has not shied away from laboring to bring forth to reality the possibilities of the abolition of slavery, the effective eradication of various endemic diseases, airborne transportation, landing on the moon, the election of an African-American to the Presidency of the United States, who summed up his campaign message with “Yes, we can,” it has continued to shy away from the one practical concept that could germinate into the sustainable peace the has been acknowledged as a universal human desire. Society has not learned to see the “real world” as a whole system, to understand the interrelationships among most of all the world’s problems, conditions which lead peace educators to advocate holistic and comprehensive perspectives. When such a perspective is brought to the analysis of issues of peace, disarmament and demilitarization, we see that if the systemic nature of these problems is to be understood so as to be effectively addressed, General and Complete Disarmament is probably the most practical comprehensive framework. As is well demonstrated by the Final Document of the United Nations Special Session on Disarmament (1978), all relevant issues and proposals must be dealt with in the process of transforming the global political order from a war system to a peace system. A peace system, of necessity, would be upheld by institutions and process designed not as is the present system to preserve the existing order, but rather to nurture a new order, capable of systemic self correction in instances where it might deviate from the purpose of achieving and maintaining the practical conditions of human security, conditions realizable only within a sustainable world peace, what Elise Boulding referred to as a “world without weapons.”  Some possibilities for such practical conditions are outlined in works with which we are already familiar, among them The Hague Agenda for Peace and Security for the 21^st Century (1999) and the Clark-Sohn proposals for a greatly strengthened United Nations contained in World Peace through World Law (1966).   As a peace educator, I greet this new Security Council resolution, which I take to be a step toward the abolition of nuclear weapons, as an opportunity to explore the conditions under which abolition of nuclear weapons might be achieved and maintained. Beyond that possibility, it can become a potential contribution to the abolition of war and to the necessary precondition of abolition, General and Complete Disarmament which implies all the requisite institutions to maintain peace, essentially a system change.  I hope that my colleagues in the field will also welcome it as a possibility to exploit the full heuristic possibilities of Utopia. The next time an interlocutor tries to set you straight, letting you know how utopian are your notions or proposals for peace, just say, “Thanks as lot. I really look forward to welcoming you to Utopia.”   Betty Reardon October 1, 2009   Resources for Further Study and Inquiry

• UN Press Release Announcing the Resolution
• Full text of Security Council Resolution 1887
• Final Document of the United Nations Special Session on Disarmament (1978)
• The Hague Agenda for Peace and Security for the 21^st Century (1999)
• World Peace through World Law (1966) (link to buy used copies online)

 
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  African Ministers of Education Commit to Peace Education, Sign Mombasa Communique The ministerial-level meeting on "Education for Peace: Integration and Partnerships" concluded with the signature of the Mombasa Communiqué by the seven delegations attending the meeting.  In the communiqué, the ministers pledged to formulate and consolidate their national policies and strategies to ensure effective implementation, monitoring and evaluation of education for peace programs.   South Africa Minister Says Peace Education a Necessity
South Africa's Minister of Basic Education Angeline Mots hekga has said preaching peace education in her country is "a necessity and not a luxury", in the face of a legacy of inequalities left by the apartheid regime.   African Education Ministers Discuss Peace Education
(allAfrica.com) Conflicts and insecurity continue to pose major challenges to the economic, social and cultural development of many African countries, Education minister Sam Ongeri said.  Prof Ongeri, in a keynote address to five African ministers drawn from war-torn countries in Mombasa, expressed concern that instability was costing the continent dearly in terms of development issues.   Expert tells Africans to align education with conflicts resolution (Kenya) (Afrique en Lingue) The Executive Secretary of the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), Ahlin Byll-Cataria, urged African countries to adapt education to the needs of conflicts resolution by building on traditional values and principles. Reminding that African communities managed to peacefully live together for centuries in line with their own rules and principles, he said it was important to explore that experience and put it at the service of conflicts preventing and resolution.   Costa Rica Creates Department of Peace (Yes! Magazine) Costa Rica renamed its justice ministry the Ministry of Justice and Peace on September 14, 2009, an act in a long line of peaceful government initiatives that includes abolishing the army in 1948 and peace education in schools.   Peace Education Part of Drive to Restore Peace to Orissa State (India) (OdishaToday.com) SNEHA, an NGO, is working overtime in Orissa for peace building and conflict resolution. NGO Chief Subarna Ghosh said the peace education workshop for school children had received good response and would be expanded in future to cover more schools across the state.   Hawaiian State Representative Calls for Peace Education (blog) Rep. Jon Riki Karamatsu suggests "we need to put more emphasis on education and awareness and be proactive rather than reactive. We must get to the root of where the cycle of violence can be broken: our keiki. One way to do this is to implement an education program for our public schools that includes education on conflict resolution, discrimination, harassment, bullying, sexual assault, and domestic violence."   Poll Finds Schools Play Strong Role in Promoting Peace in Mindanao In a preliminary report of findings from a wide-ranging consultation on peace, schools played a strong role in strengthening positive values, eradicating cultural biases, and promoting peace.  Fr. Albert Alejo, SJ, an educator and anthropologist by training, said the recurring mention of “peace education” across the survey findings “reflects a popular desire to address conflict through dialogue and understanding.”   Peace in Mindanao Academy proposed (Philippines) Mindanao, which has been highlighted by the national and international press as an island of mismanaged conflicts, should now be the center of all peace-building initiatives in the Philippines and even in Asia.  Rep. Ariel Hernandez said this could be done through the establishment of the Peace in Mindanao Academy (PMA) “to strengthen and hasten the ongoing peace processes in Mindanao...by a combination of academic inputs, field-based learning and community-based initiatives.”   The Royal Family of Saudi Arabia Partners with ICL Students in Peace Education Program (Saudi Arabia / USA) The Institute for Civic Leadership at The Dwight School (IB World School in New York City) has developed an educational and service partnership with Princess Reema Bandar. In an effort to foster world peace and cultural understanding, we are building non-political relationships between U.S. and Saudi students to forge peace education programs with the next generation and partner in community service projects.   Cuts in Southern Sudanese education budget put progress at risk (Sudan) (Jesuit Refugee Services) During the last three years, the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) has slashed its education budget by more than 25 percent. These budget cuts are likely to adversely affect the quality of education services. "Education is the key to development. It enhances human dignity, helping people reach their full potential, improve their quality of life and become politically mature citizens. These are all qualities Southern Sudan badly needs for a stable future" says Fr. Frido Pflueger SJ, JRS/EA Director.   Theatre and dance in dialogue between Christians and Muslims in Mindanao (Philippines) (Asia News) The passion of a Catholic priest for theatre and dance allows Christians, Muslims and indigenous people who grew up in war to get to know each other, by educating young people to know peace and dialogue.  

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  Search for Common Ground Initiates Peace Education in Lebanon (All the Beirut News) Aware of the need to reach out to youth, as well as the underfunding of teacher-training programs in Lebanon, Search for Common Ground has instigated a national program to train teachers on ways to communicate, promote respect for diversity and mediate disputes. The idea of peace education is not new, but in Lebanon it has yet to become common practice in schools or universities.   Afghan Institute of Learning: Educating for Peace through Tradition, Culture and Religion (feministing.com) Sakena Yacoobi founded the Afghan Institute of Learning (AIL) in 1995. One of the biggest consequences of her nation being at war for decades, Yacoobi says, is the loss of the educational system. If people can defend themselves through communication, they don't need a weapon. But through years of war, the educational system was demolished.  So AIL began opening Women's Learning Centers as an alternative. The centers teach some curricula that the government-run schools don't: peace education, democracy, ethics, health, family planning, sex education. These are the topics, she says, that lead to electing better leaders, making a more peaceful country, empowering women.   Recent Research Findings by the Center for Research on Peace Education (Israel) This is an informal and brief description of recent studies carried out by members of the Center for Research on Peace Education at the University of Haifa, Israel. The Center wanted to share the findings and the conclusions such that colleagues who are active in the field of peace education or study it can, as we hope, benefit from the reported studies.   Public schools promote peace through simultaneous storytelling (Philippines) (Philippine Information Agency: PIA) The Department of Education (DepEd) slated a nationwide storytelling event to promote peace on September 28, 2009. All public elementary and high schools are enjoined to use peace-oriented tales during their English, Filipino or Edukasyong Pagpapakatao subjects. Education Secretary Jesli Lapus said, "We harness education, seeing it is as one vital and effective tool for peace to take root, especially in areas where there is conflict."   Madrasahs Education – Department of Ed invests in peace building in Mindanao (press release) Provisions of financial incentives have been made for Madrasahs in Mindanao to integrate national curriculum in addition to religious subject offerings.   Neve Shalom / Wahat-al-Salam: “Oasis of Peace” (Israel/Palestine) (The Advocacy Project: blog) Half way between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv is Neve Shalom/Whata-al-Salam, a small community of Jewish and Palestinian Israelis who live, learn, and pray together on a small hillside plot of land. The village began as an experimental binational project, and within its borders, Jews and Palestinians attend school together, swim together, eat together, and live as neighbors and community members. Peace education and religious pluralism are large components of the village, as is instilling in Jewish and Palestinian Israeli youth the values of living side-by-side.   Creating a Culture of Peace: Video Interview with Georgia Kelly (Website: Bringing Wisdom to Life) A culture of peace is made possible when each of us takes responsibility for peacemaking both in ourselves as well as in our culture, through constructive dialogue, creative problem solving and informed action. This interview features Georgia Kelly, musician and global citizen, who for more than a decade has explored the challenge of peacemaking both personally and globally.   Center for Peace Education Memorializes Peace in Liberia (Liberia)
(Daily Observer) The Center for Peace Education (CPE), a local non-governmental organization, on Saturday, August 6, commemorated the “Day of Peace” and “Day of Prayer for World Peace.” The CPE is an organization dedicated to building a comprehensive peace-building program and teaching mediation as a means of achieving harmony and a better life for future generations. The ceremony was held at the Unity Conference Center (UCC) in Virginia, outside Monrovia.
 
An International Volunteer Reflects on Teaching Peace in Liberia
(blog: Justin E. Ralston) The most valuable natural resource anyplace has is its youth. The youth have the potential to determine the future of Liberia. My experience has left me with no question that the young people are ready to learn, eager to serve their communities, and striving to make life better for themselves, their families, communities, and country. The challenge for Liberia and the rest of the world is how to best mobilize resources and implement programs that can develop these precious resources.
 
Peace Education Initiatives Established at the University of Maryland
The University of Maryland established an Initiative on Education for Peace, Cooperation, and Development. The group is comprised of self-identifying, voluntery and interdisciplinary facutly, staff and students who hope to see that universities systematically increase their efforts to promote peace and transform the role of education. The group recently launched the Semester on Peace, a resource of events, activities, and courses to connect to the many education, capacity-building, and action programs that work on matters related to peace at the University.
 
Richmond teachers get peaceful start to new careers (USA)
Staff of the Richmond Peace Education Center are helping the city's newest crop of middle school teachers learn good ways to defuse tense moments. This is the first year the system has offered such specific training during its annual New Teachers Institute.
 
Peace Educator Alyn Ware Receives Distinguished Alumni Award (New Zealand)
Alyn Ware, a campaigner for peace education and against nuclear weapons will be honoured at the University of Waikato this week. The distinguished alumni awards are made each year to recognise and celebrate Waikato University alumni who have made an outstanding contribution to their profession since graduation. Mr Ware is also the Director of the Peace Foundation in Wellington; Vice-President of the International Peace Bureau; Director of Aotearoa Lawyers for Peace, and an international consultant for the International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms.
 

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Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative Act of 2009 Introduced into US House of Representatives
Representative John Lewis (D-GA) introduced on Friday HR 3328, the Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative, focusing on peace and nonviolence in global conflict resolution. The initiative is intended to be comprised of educational, scholarly, and professional exchange programs, including an annual public diplomacy forum for scholars from the United States and India, as well as professional development training for government employees and exchange opportunities for undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate students.
 
Looking for US Teachers to Pilot New Curriculum about the CRC
The U.S. Campaign for the Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is looking for U.S. teachers (Grades 6-12) willing to pilot a new curriculum to teach about the CRC. The curriculum is 1-5 days long depending on how many lessons are used. If you or someone you know is interested, please contact Ed O’Brien at edwardleeobrien@gmail.com
 

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Please note that only newly submitted events will contain a full description. All events & conferences that have been previously published in the newsletter will be listed by date with a link to follow for more information.
 
Educators, Scientist and Contemplative Dialogue on Cultivating a Healthy Mind, Brain and Heart - October 8-9, 2010. Washington DC.
For more information click on the link above
 
"Human Rights in the USA" - the University of Connecticut – October 22-24, 2009
For more information click on the link above
 
2009 Gandhi-King Conference on Peacemaking – Oct. 23-25, 2009
For more information click on the link above
 
Call for Proposals: Toward a Peaceful World: Historical Approaches to Creating Cultures of Peace – Winthrop University – October 29-30, 2009
For more information click on the link above
 
Celebrating the Opening of the Betty A. Reardon Collected Papers – University of Toledo - October 30, 2009
Betty Reardon, founder of the International Institute on Peace Education, is an internationally renowned peace scholar and peace educator.  She has been instrumental in the establishment of peace education institutions and programs around the world.  Dr. Reardon has produced an extensive body of scholarship and curriculum that define the fields of peace studies and peace education.  The Reardon Collection is a project of The Center for Nonviolence and Democratic Education, supported by the Department of Educational Foundations and Leadership at The University of Toledo, and the Biosophical Institute, Cleveland, Ohio. An opening reception, with a lecture by Dr. Reardon will take place October 30 from 2:00pm - 4:00pm at the Canady Center, University of Toledo Carlson Library. For further information email dale.snauwaert@utoledo.edu
 
Conference - Remembering War, Genocide and other Human Rights Violations: Oral History, New Media and the Arts, Quebec, Canada (November 5, 2009)
For more information click on the link above
 
8th Annual Peace Education Conference in Canada – November 9-15, 2009 - McMaster University Student Centre, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
“Loving Teachers, Living Schools: Sharing our Paths of Peace.”  The 8th Annual Peace Education Conference in Canada will focus on the important theme of “bringing greater peace into our schools.”  Within this context, we will also be exploring the role of “gender and sexuality” and “emotional, social and spiritual intelligence” in advancing our goals towards a universal culture of peace.
 
Contemplative Retreat for Academics: Mindfulness, Movement, and Other Contemplative Practices - November 12-15, 2009 - Marshall, CA
For more information click on the link above
 
International Peace Bureau Annual Conference – November 14-18, 2009 – Georgetown University, Washington DC
This event is an invitation to engage in a strategic process, to examine our campaigning priorities and options, to explore new ways to challenge the militarism we see around us, and to build international connections and partnerships. Theme: Rolling back militarism: a task for the global movement.  The program includes a central conference and a day-seminar on military spending, plus the annual IPB Council meeting and a planning session for the NPT Review next May. It will also be the occasion for the award of the IPB’s annual Sean MacBride Peace Prize.
 
21st Annual Peace Studies Conference - a project of the Central New York Peace Studies Consortium – November 14, 2009, NY
For more information click on the link above
 
John Dewey, Daisaku Ikeda, and the Quest for a New Humanism - November 14, 2009 - Ikeda Center - Cambridge, Massachusetts
For more information click on the link above
 
6th International Conference on Teacher Education and Social Justice - December 5-6, 2009 - University of Illinois at Chicago
For more information click on the link above
 
Forum 2010: Santiago de Compostela, Spain (Dec. 9-13, 2009)
For more information click on the link above
 
2009 Workshop on Humiliation and Violent Conflict at Columbia University, NY, December 10-11, 2009
Given the current context of the field of international conflict, the impact of emotions on conflict has become one of the most important questions worldwide. However, there are only scattered publications in the research and applied literature that would address issues on conflict and emotion directly, as well as their relations and their impact on public policy. Since 2004, CICR on behalf of CU-CRN and HumanDHS invites selected groups of scholars, counselors, conflict resolution practitioners, mediators, and teachers among other professions for a two-day workshop every year to explore issues of conflict and emotions and its application to actual negotiations and diplomacy. The aim is to particularly probe the role of the notion of humiliation from the two different angles of conflict and emotion.
 
International Peace Research Association Conference – July 6-10, 2010 – Sydney, Australia
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American Educational Research Association 2010 Conference. April 30-May 4, 2010
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Please note that only newly submitted workshops/trainings will contain a full description. All workshops/trainings that have been previously published in the newsletter will be listed by date with a link to follow for more information.
 
Global Kids now Offering Professional Development Courses for Individuals
Global Kids' Center for Global Leadership proudly presents Professional Development Trainings for Individuals All trainings are offered at $75 per person with a discounted rate of $50 each for two sessions or more. Trainings will take place from 9:00 am to 3.00 pm at Global Kids' Center for Global Leadership in NY, NY. October offerings include: Developing Global Citizens - Wednesday, October 7, 2009; Service Learning Strategies - Saturday, October 24, 2009; Tech Tools for Teachers and Trainers - Saturday, October 17, 2009 or Friday, October 23, 2009
 
International Peace and Development Training Center - Peacebuilding, Conflict Transformation & Post-War Stabilisation, Recovery, and Reconciliation – November 9-13, 2009 - Cluj-Napoca, Romania
This training provides a global policy and operational overview of the latest lessons learned, tools, and methods in peacebuilding, conflict transformation and post-war stabilization and recovery, bringing together experienced practitioners and policy makers from governments, the United Nations, EU, and national and international organisations and agencies. The training addresses all three phases of violence and war – before, during and after – based on extensive case-studies and practical operational experiences.
 
International Peace and Development Training Center - Improving Sustainable Impact and Effectiveness in Peacebuilding, Development and Post-War Recovery, Programs and Operations
 – November 16-20, 2009 - Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Improving Sustainable Impact and Effectiveness helps agencies, organisations and practitioners working in conflict, crisis and post-war stabilisation and recovery to improve the quality, effectiveness and sustainable impact of their programs – including crisis management and prevention, peacebuilding, social, economic and political stabilization, reconciliation in divided communities, and post-war recovery, rehabilitation and development. Drawing on more than 30 years experience in 40 countries, the program represents the most advanced of its kind for policy makers, practitioners, government officials and donors internationally.
 
Intensive Course on Health, Development and Human Rights - 7th-11th December 2009, UNSW, Sydney, Australia
For more information click on the link above
 
Human Rights Education: Addressing Global Challenges
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Human Rights Education in the School Systems of Europe, Central Asia and North America: A Compendium of Good Practice
Designed for primary and secondary schools, teacher training institutions and other learning settings, the new tool, which collects 101 exemplary practices from Central Asia, Europe and North America, is a valuable resource for teachers and education policymakers. The collection demonstrates creative approaches to human rights education and aims to facilitate networking and exchange of experience among education professionals. The practices can be adapted to local conditions anywhere in the world.
 
Building Blocks of Peace Curriculum
Developed by the Institute for Economics and Peace, the Building Blocks of Peace is a series of downloadable teaching materials that offer a fresh perspective to the issues surrounding global peace.  These comprehensive teaching aids will guide students to understand global peace and discover their own solutions to violence and conflict.
 
147 Tips For Teaching Peace and Reconciliation
147 Tips For Teaching Peace and Reconciliation gives you keys to peace in your own life and in the social environment around you through pragmatic, applicable suggestions written in an informative and conversational style.
 
Brave New Child: Liberating the Children of Liberia and the World - by Marvin G. Davis
Brave New Child is a profile of Mr. Davis' experience with young people in the Peace School Program - an after school initiative geared towards making young people understand the root causes of violence and how to deal with violence in a non aggressive manner.
 
Call for Papers: Journal of Peace and Justice Studies – Special Issue on Education as a Human Right
All approaches, methodologies, and perspectives are welcome.  Deadline for submissions is November 15, 2009.
 
Call for Papers: Journal of the Association for Research on Mothering (ARM) – Special Issue on Mothering, Violence, Militarism, War and Social Justice
The journal will explore the topic from a variety of perspectives and disciplines. We welcome submissions from scholars, students, social workers, anti-violence activists and other professionals and community workers. Cross-cultural, historical and comparative work is encouraged. We also welcome creative reflections such as poetry, short stories, and artwork on the subject. SUBMISSIONS DUE November 1, 2009
 
Call for Papers: Peace and Conflict Review
The Peace and Conflict Review is now accepting academic articles, conference papers, and book reviews to be considered for publication in our fall 2009 and spring 2010 issues. All themes relevant to peace and conflict studies are welcome, although priority will be given to articles focusing on international law, environmental security, gender, media, and/or international organization. The Review is a fully peer-reviewed, open-access journal hosted at the headquarters of the UN mandated University for Peace.
 

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Jobs & Funding Opportunities

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Please note that only new submitted job postings will contain a description. All jobs that have been previously published in the newsletter will be listed with a link for more information.
 
Wellesley College – Visiting Professor – Peace and Justice Studies
The program in Peace and Justice Studies at Wellesley College is seeking outstanding candidates for a two-year position in conflict resolution/conflict transformation. The successful candidate’s annual five-course teaching program would include a mid-level course in this area, sections of our introductory course, and upper-level courses on specific topics related to the candidate’s research. We are especially, but not exclusively, interested in candidates whose conflict resolution research focuses on gender issues. Applications due Jan 15, 2010.
 
Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellowship Program – Applications Due October 21
The Dissertation Fellowship Program seeks to encourage a new generation of scholars from a wide range of disciplines and professional fields to undertake research relevant to the improvement of education. These $25,000 fellowships support individuals whose dissertations show potential for bringing fresh and constructive perspectives to the history, theory, or practice of formal or informal education anywhere in the world. This highly competitive program aims to identify the most talented researchers conducting dissertation research related to education.
 
The Jennings Randolph (JR) Program for International Peace – Senior Fellowships
For more information click on the link above
 
Visiting Fellows Program - Kroc (Joan B.) Institute for International Peace Studies
The Visiting Research Fellows Program seeks to bring outstanding researchers focused on peace research to the University of Notre Dame for all or part of the 2010-11 academic year. The Institute particularly seeks applications for research focusing on: the comparative study of peace processes; and Islam and/or Catholicism in modern conflict settings. Deadline: November 1, 2009.
 
The Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education – Executive Director – Jerusalem, Israel
The Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education (www.impact-se.org), a Jerusalem-based international NGO specializing in the monitoring and analysis of school textbooks with regard to their role in developing cultural tolerance and a positive attitude toward peace, has an opening for the position of Executive Director.

ABOUT THE GLOBAL CAMPAIGN FOR PEACE EDUCATION

Founded in 1999, the Global Campaign for Peace Education (GCPE) is an international organized network that promotes peace education among schools, families and communities to transform the culture of violence into a culture of peace. The Global Campaign for Peace Education is presently being coordinated by the Peace Education Center at Teachers College, Columbia University.

Peace education is a holistic, participatory process that includes teaching for and about human rights, nonviolent responses to conflict, social and economic justice, gender equity, environmental sustainability, international law, disarmament, traditional peace practices and human security. The methodology of peace education encourages reflection, critical thinking, cooperation, and responsible action. It promotes multiculturalism, and is based on values of dignity, equality and respect.Peace education is intended to prepare students for democratic participation in schools and society. The Global Campaign for Peace Education has two goals:

1. To see peace education integrated into all curricula, community and family education worldwide to become a part of life;
2. To promote the education of all teachers to teach for peace.

CONTRIBUTE TO THE NEWSLETTER
Do you have news or an event to share with the GCPE community? Please try our new, online submission form.  If you have other questions please contact the newsletter editor: news@peace-ed-campaign.org.  Thank you for your contributions!

 


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   ]]> http://www.mapm.org/copresidents08/2009/10/dear_reader_as_an_educator_1.html http://www.mapm.org/copresidents08/2009/10/dear_reader_as_an_educator_1.html Sat, 10 Oct 2009 23:29:16 -0600 Dear MAP members, As you know, I broke my knee cap in March. While I was recuperating, with my leg immobilized for six weeks, I had time to think about my life. It became clear to me that I was trying to do more than I can do well, and that I needed to slow down for my mental and physical well being. Looking at my commitments, MAP seemed the one to let go of because I had a Co-President, and the work would get done. I am deeply grateful for Rebecca’s gracious understanding and her ability to lead MAP as its President. I regret that my term as Co-President was exceptionally short. Thank you for the confidence you placed in me. You did not get a chance to see how it worked out. All blessings as you continue our work of peacemaking. Florence Steichen http://www.mapm.org/copresidents08/2008/05/message_and_resignation_from_florence.html http://www.mapm.org/copresidents08/2008/05/message_and_resignation_from_florence.html Sat, 24 May 2008 22:50:45 -0600 Congratulations to Florence Steichen and Rebecca Janke on their recent election as the first MAP Co-Presidents! They begin their term in 2008 and will use this blog/journal platform for periodic words of wisdom, thoughts and opinions on issues of the day, or information about MAP. Subscribe to the blog via email or RSS feed to be notified of new content (click link on the right), or check the MAP website and click the link on the navigation bar. Thanks for your interest in MAP! http://www.mapm.org/copresidents08/2008/01/welcome_to_the_new_2008_map_copresidents_memo.html http://www.mapm.org/copresidents08/2008/01/welcome_to_the_new_2008_map_copresidents_memo.html Sat, 05 Jan 2008 13:23:01 -0600