The Peace Education Foundation joined hands with Arc of South Florida in support of its work of: “Protecting and providing for the needs of the people with intellectual and developmental disabilities”. Arc has integrated the PeaceWorks curriculum in its work with special needs children over the years. Center administrators saw...
MICHIGAN TEACHERS TRAIN FOR PEACE IN GREATER DETROIT
St. Pius X School in Southgate, Michigan (greater Detroit) adopts the Peace Education program beginning with a day training for 23 teachers and support staff. Under the leadership of their principal, Mrs. Michelle Seward, a former Peace Education Foundation Regional Trainer and with the buyin and support from the teachers...
FUTURE TEACHERS IN ARGENTINA INCORPORATE CONFLICT RESOLUTION DURING LAST YEAR OF STUDIES
68 Education students in their final year of studies are trained in the Peace Education model as they prepare to begin their career as teachers serving the city of Victoria and the greater Entre Rios Province. The auditorium of the "Escuela Normal Superior Osvaldo Magnasco" served as the training site...
2019 BEGINS TRAINING EDUCATORS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
The Centro Antonio Montesinos (CEAM), under the direction of Luisa Campos, O.P., host 37 Educators and Community Leaders for a day of Peace Education program evaluation and training in Peer Mediation. The Peer Mediation training gives the participants resources and skills to promote the leadership training of children and youth...
TEACHERS AND STUDENT LEADERS OF FE Y ALEGRIA SCHOOL IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC LEARN TO RESOLVE CONFLICTS PEACEABLY
The "Fe y Alegria Centro Educativo Espiritu Santo" hosts two days of training for Youth Leaders and Teachers. The dynamic first day of conflict resolution training gathered 123 Student Classrooms Representatives from grades 4-12 divided in a morning and afternoon session with the purpose of providing them with valuable peacemaking...
IT’S NOT THE CHILD’S FAULT! XXVI AFECTO CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION CONFERENCE TRAINS FOR PEACE
The Peace Education Foundation is invited as co-sponsor and presenter to 142 participants at the XVI Afecto Conference for the Prevention of Child Abuse hosted by the Jorge Tadeo Lozano University in Bogota, Colombia with the theme of "It's Not the Child's Fault!" The Peace Education Foundation is proud to...
PEACE EDUCATION FOR MEDELLIN SCHOOLS IN SUPPORT OF THE COLOMBIA’S PEACE PROCESS AND NATIONAL RECONCILIATION
The Peace Education Foundation is invited by the Archdiocese of Medellin Department of Schools in Colombia to train 80 teachers from all of their 29 schools at the Instituto Universitario Salazar y Herrera over two dynamic days of Conflict Resolution workshops. Trained teacher teams will return to their respective schools...
“FE Y ALEGRIA” EDUCATORS IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC RESOLVE CONFLICTS PEACEABLY
The "Fe y Alegria Centro Educativo Espiritu Santo" School in "El Cruce de Arroyo Hondo," Matanzas, Bani, Domincan Republic gather 72 teachers for staff development in Conflict Resolution and Peer Mediation over two days. Teachers from pre-school to grade 12 entered into a dynamic activity-based learning process as they delved...
PREVENTING CHILD ABUSE AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN COLOMBIA AT THE XXV “AFECTO” CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION CONFERENCE
The Peace Education Foundation continues it's decades long collaboration with the NGO "Afecto" and its founder Dr. Isabel Cuadros to advocate on behalf of abused children and women in Colombia. The Afecto Conference gathers more than 800 participants from all disciplines related to children and families in an attempt to...
2018 BEGINS WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS AND TEACHERS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC EDUCATING FOR PEACE
The Centro Antonio Montesinos (CEAM) located in the historic Convento de Santo Domingo, site of the first university of the Americas, hosts 65 community leaders and educators for two days of training in conflict resolution skills for the prevention of violence in communities and schools thanks to the generous support...