The Youth4Peace Toolkit on Peace and Being a Peacemaker
To Do List
Welcome
Learning from the example of other peacemakers is an important part of becoming a peacemaker yourself. Click the links in at left to review stories of well known peacemakers, answer questions about achieving peace and find resources to help you learn more about peacemaking.
Activities
- What is Peace? – Discussion & Reflection (PDF)
- Peace Can You Visualize It – Activity
- Peacemaker – Malala’s Stand for Peace & Justice
- Peacemaker – Mattie’s Heartsong & Poem
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Videos
Click the video Class Dismissed – Malala’s Story to see the story how one teenage girl defended her right to have an education and focused the world’s attention on the oppression of women and girls.
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Blog Posts
- Ai Weiwei – A Model of Hope
- Vaclav Havel, Leader of the Velvet Revolution
- A Life of Truth
- The Goal – A True Union of Hearts and Minds
- Women – An Essential Ingredient in the Recipe for Sustainable Peace
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Resources
Organizations / Websites
Further Reading
Seeing Red: An Anger Management and Peacemaking Curriculum for Kids
by Jennifer Simmonds
Peacemaking for Families (Focus on the Family)
by Ken Sande and Tom Raabe
The Young Peacemaker (Book Set)
by Corlette Sande and Ross Flint & Associates
Adventures in Peacemaking: A Conflict Resolution Guide for School-Age Programs
by William J. Kreidler and Lisa Furlong
The Compassionate Rebel Revolution: Ordinary People Changing the World
by Burt F. Berlowe
Quotes
“When we are kind, thankful and thoughtful as human beings to one another, we spread our love and enlighten the world.”
- Archbishop Desmond Tutu
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Other Youth4Peace Toolkits
Youth4Peace Toolkit on Addressing Bullying
Youth4Peace Toolkit on Resolving Conflict
