Imagine there’s no countries It isn’t hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion, too Imagine all the people Living life in peace. John Lennon, Imagine Memorial Day is a day set aside to remember the dead. It began after the American Civil War as a day set aside to decorate […]
War is Not Healthy for Children and Other Living Things! Lorrianne Schneider In 1967, Lorriane Schneider a mother of four children created the poster that would become the icon of the anti-war movement. Her motivation was one shared by many other mothers. Her son was eligible for the draft, and she feared he’d be sent […]
Can’t travel? Love Peace? Here are some of the free online events going on around us.
What Books are You Feeding Your Child Today? Words in poetry and in stories are food. Not food for the body, not food that can fill up your stomach. But food for the spirit and food for the soul. Written by Peter Svetina, translated by Jernej Županič International Children’s Book Day celebrates the joy of […]
A New Year A New Decade What are you planning to do in 2020? Use this 2020 Calendar to discover ways to make a difference. While every day should be devoted to justice, peace, and social action, certain days have been set aside by various organizations to draw attention to important causes throughout the year. […]
Saturday September 21st is International Peace Day. Find a listing of possible International Peace Day events you can organize at home, at school, or in the community.
~ Let Us Teach Peace ~ Check out these teacher-tested classroom and family-friendly activities that promote peaceful personal relationships, an understanding of the futility of war, and ways to world peace. Click on the title for the full lesson plan -Build a Peace Wall – Combine your ideas for peace with everyone else’s to make […]
~ Are You Anti-War? Are Your Children? ~ Today, only one percent of the news we see on television or read about in our newspapers covers the wars that are raging around the world. As a result, in the United States, we have a generation of children who rarely have their lives touched by the […]
~ How Are You Celebrating Mother’s Day? ~ Mother’s Day was never intended to be a commercial holiday with cards and flowers and candies. The original women who organized Mother’s Days or Clubs did so with a sense of purpose. Juliet Ward Howe – Mother’s Day: A Day for Peace Julia Ward Howe wanted it […]
Ten powerful thoughts for Earth Day 2019 and ways to take action.
Kamala Harris’s Superheroes Are Everywhere is a book that Teach Peace Now would like to recommend to parents and teachers as a book worth sharing with elementary school children.
~ 2019 A Year to Make a Change ~ What are you planning to do in 2019? Use this 2019 Calendar to discover ways to make a difference. While every day should be devoted to justice, peace, and social action, certain days have been set aside to draw attention to important causes throughout the year. […]
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