Resources

Local Organizations

Loveland Peacemakers – local citizens working on a variety of peace projects including Peace on the Corner every Saturday. Contact Bob Davidson for information and upcoming peace events throughout the year. Robert Davidson, Co-Chair (970) 222-2854.

Educational
FREE conflict resolution program for 2nd through 5th graders with teacher’s guide, CD and video. The Don’t Laugh at Me (DLAM) programs help sensitize children to the painful effects of behaviors that too often are accepted as necessary rites of passage in childhood - ridicule, disrespect, ostracism and bullying. Children participating in DLAM learn that by working together they can positively shape their school environment, and eventually bring this message to the broader community. Peter, Paul and Mary and Peter Yarrow sing.

www.CultureOfPeace.com
Peace Clubs, calendar of peace days, peace quotes, peace heroes

http://www.teachingpeace.org/
Teaching Peace is located in Longmont with a mission, “To cultivate attitudes, skills and opportunities for living peacefully with self, others and the world, and we exist to clarify and promote the being and the doing of peace.” Educational trainings can be booked for groups.

http://salsa.net/peace/conv/index.html
The Center for Teaching Peace: Class of non-violence developed by Colman McCarthy is downloadable.

Peace in Our Land Download $10 www.songsforteaching.com search “peace”

Books for Peace www.celebratingpeace.com/BooksForPeace.htm

Make fabric ribbons with messages of peace www.theribboninternational.org

Peace Games “empowers students to create their own safe classrooms and communities by forming partnerships with elementary schools, families, and young adult volunteers.”
www.peacegames.org

One Sky One World International Kite Fly for Peace is based in Denver. www.earthnet.net/~jpa/osow/contact
“Public education in the technology of kites, art, history, and participation in age old practice of flying and building kites generates a greater sense of global community, enjoyment of nature and greater appreciation for all life on earth. The message becomes clear to thousands through the activity of flying kites in the universal sky.”

Peace Building Skills (Bully Behavior Curriculum) www.angriesout.com/bullyb.htm

World Kindness Day—November 13. www.kindness.com.au/ This is an Australian site with lots of good reading and ideas. “Someone once said what goes around comes around. Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching.”

Peace Jam is an international organization built around leading Nobel Peace Laureates who work personally with youth to inspire a new generation of peacemakers. Peace Jam Juniors curriculum includes standards addressed with each activity. www.peacejam.org

Thoughtful
Pathways to Peace
Inspirational slide show with pictures, music and quotations that warm the heart and touch the soul.

The Girl Who Silenced the World at the UN
Here's video of the girl who silenced the world for 5 minutes. She addressed a UN Meeting on the issue of the environment.

International Peace Museum
Art and essays by children

The John Denver Peace Cloth
Memorial to the humanitarian work of John Denver.

The Peace Wheel
A model for community peace-building

Peace Quotes
764 quotes from the Peace Center, San Antonio, TX

Peace Journalism
Independent e-magazine - David Krieger writes, “Let me suggest ten ways of teaching peace that hopefully will make the lessons more compelling and real to the students.”

Peace Alliance
Nonpartisan citizen action organization advocating legislation that supports a culture of peace – The Peace Alliance is spearheading national campaign to establish a U.S. Department of Peace

United States Institute of Peace
Independent, nonpartisan, national institution established and funded by Congress

“The Great Silent Grandmother Gathering,” by Sharon Mehdi

A Future without War is a book by Dr. Judith L. Hand who also writes historical fiction and contemporary action/adventure. She uses her background in biology as well as anthropology
and psychology to argue why it is possible to have a future without war.

Peace Jam. The mission of the PeaceJam Foundation is to create a new generation of young leaders committed to positive change in themselves, their communities and the world through the inspiration of Nobel Peace Laureates. Sample curricula for various age groups.

Amnesty International USA. “Action for human rights. Hope for humanity.”

Peace Flame - The World Peace Flame (WPF) is an eternal flame representing humanity's combined aspirations for peace. It aims to inspire people everywhere that the individual plays a crucial role in creating peace, at every level.