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  • The Rhythm of Compassion: A Book Review

    The Rhythm of Compassion: A Book Review

           For most of my life I have felt uncomfortable ‘in my own skin’.  It seemed logical since I was raised in a family that encouraged non-conformist thinking.   Eventually, I realized that the root of the discomfort was an egotistical mindset that simultaneously created my personal alienation as I strove to ‘save the…

  • Muhammad Ali: A Man of Peace

    Designated by the United Nations in 1998 as a UN Messenger for Peace, Muhammad Ali (1942-2016) is best remembered in his passing as a man dedicated to justice.  Six themes guided his life: respect, confidence, conviction, dedication, giving and spirituality. Combined they produced a man who wasn’t afraid to stand up for what he believed in…

  • 7 Ways to Weave Peace Education into Any Curriculum at Any Grade Level

    9 Ways to Weave Peace Education into Any Curriculum at Any Grade Level 1 Reading/ELA: Select read-aloud and reading assignment books that introduce students to people who look different and live differently than they do. Find suggested books here: TPNBooks 2 Classroom Discipline: Practice conflict resolution methods and use them to solve issues that arise in the…

  • Nonviolent Resistance: Twice as Effective as War

    Post by Tim Wolcott I financially support and post pieces on independent media, because I believe mainstream media is part of how militarism remains entrenched in our society.  So when I learned from a recent presentation by Kevin Martin, President of Peace Action National, that The Washington Post published January 18, 2016 an article by…

  • Eleanor Roosevelt on Peace

    Eleanor Roosevelt: A Teach Peace Now Hero    

  • Inspiration from the Art of JahSun

    Inspiration from the Art of JahSun

      Yelling and profanity burst our joyous family union like a needle stabbing a balloon.  What was once a warm, inter-generational breakfast became a cauldron of fury and recrimination.   Months passed until forgiveness and apology began the process of healing.    A careless comment from my spouse hurt, but letting it go became the balm to…

  • Teach Peace Now Books for African American History Month: Aunt Harriet’s Underground Railroad in the Sky

    Teach Peace Now Books for African American History Month: Aunt Harriet’s Underground Railroad in the Sky

    Aunt Harriet’s Underground Railroad in the Sky by Faith Ringgold has been around a long time. It was first published in 1991 and won the Caldecott Award for its illustrations in 1992. Born a slave, Harriet Tubman escaped to freedom in 1847. That would have been heroic enough for anyone. But Harriet Tubman did not…

  • Teach Peace Now Recommended Books for African American History Month

      We March by Shane W. Evans is a book about standing up for justice written for our youngest children and for early readers. The soft pastel illustrations show a family as they wake up early in the morning, prepare for the day, and then join thousands of other people for the August 28th, 1963…

  • Teach Peace Now Recommended Books for African American History Month

    Oh, Freedom  by Casey King and Linda Barrett Osborne with a forward by Rosa Parks Rosa Parks says, “To live is to have stories.” This is a book of stories about real people who participated in the Civil Rights Movement. The stories are told through interviews done by children. Each child interviews a person, often…

  • Maria Montessori on Peace

    A Teach Peace Now Hero Maria Montessori (1870-1952) is most often remembered for her contributions to the education of young children. However, she is also considered by many to be a founder of peace education. She believed that the root of peace lay in the education we give our children. Only when children are intentionally taught…

  • Martin Luther King on Injustice

    Martin Luther KIng tells us… Injustice is…a threat to justice Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. Injustice is…poverty & homelessness & starvation The rich must not ignore the poor because…

  • The Predator: A Play about War and Peace

    The two act play The Predator by Jack Gilroy was first presented at Georgetown University in 2011. Since then it has been performed in many venues from New York to Georgia.  The play presents four women each with a different viewpoint on the role of the military, on the military conflicts our country is currently engaged…