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10 Quotes for Peace
This is the season when our minds turn to the contemplation of peace on earth, and we send cards and social media messages to our friends and loved ones wishing for peace. We at Teach Peace Now have gathered together ten thought-provoking quotes on peace that speak to the soul and heart and are not […]
Searching for Peace, Once Again
Soon before the beginning of the current school year, Bob Graves, the Maine-Endwell High School Spartan Theater Company Director, was asked what they were going to present in 2015-2016. “Would it be another musical or a tragedy?” The questioner (which was not me) went on, “I really liked when you produced those little plays about […]
Share a Little Love
Imagine what the world would be like if we were all a little kinder. Follow up watching this video by reading one of these books with your children. Then head out and do an act of kindness. Good People Everywhere by Lynea Gillen Have You Filled a Bucket Today? by Carol McCloud If I Were […]
International Day for the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
September 26th is International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. With Nuclear War only a hair trigger away, the Union for Concerned Scientists calls on us to do something about this threat that could destroy the world. How big a threat is it? According to www.Ploughshares.org, nine countries in the world control 15,695 […]
International Day of Peace
September 21st is the International Day of Peace. Established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1981, this day is supposed to be a day of non-violence and cease-fire. Combatants everywhere in the world are asked to put down their weapons. The first Peace Day was celebrated in September 1982. That’s thirty-three years ago. A […]
Systemic Racism Made Visible
We live in a society that privileges people based on the color of their skin. This seems to be a very hard concept for many people to understand. This young lady does an excellent job explaining the history of why white privilege exists. Share with your students and friends. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-iFj7vLUFg A lesson for all.
Are you teaching your children to be racist?
Racism exists. We live in a soup of roiling, boiling hatred based on one’s perceived skin color. And that hatred starts young. Children are not born racist. It is taught. Dylann Roof was not born a racist. He was taught. Are you teaching your children to be racist? Research indicates that children develop racist attitudes […]
International Flag of Earth
Flag day is approaching. How will you celebrate it? Consider waving a flag that joins us all together. Here is one proposal for a Flag of the Earth. Do you like it? Can you and your children design a better one? Send us photos of your ideas and we will post them on our website.
Hedge fund managers and Gov. Cuomo propel charter schools
By Tim Wolcott I wish getting consensus weren’t so complicated for progressives, but it is. I wish educating our youth weren’t so complex, but it is. I wish I could just label Gov. Cuomo a panderer to hedge fund managers selfishly pushing for charter schools, but that would be an over simplification.
Teaching Peace – an honor and a daily struggle
By Tim Wolcott Today, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, I take strength in contemplating the life of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Particularly near the end of his life, M.L.K. represented the pinnacle of fortitude, and fortitude is what all peace makers need on a daily basis.
When Racists Quit
In 1968 Jane Elliot, in reaction to the assassination of Martin Luther King the day before, introduced her all-white third graders to racism and prejudice by carrying out an activity which has become widely replicated in varying degrees. What did she do? She divided her class by eye color and then told the children that […]
