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PROGRESS: Has your organization seen
progress toward a culture of peace and nonviolence in your domain of
action and in your constituency during the first half of the Decade? |
We
have seen progress toward a culture of peace by monitoring the sales of
human rights and peace education materials with our Traveling Human
Rights and Peace Store and our on-line store at
www.humanrightsandpeacestore.org. In the past year our sales have
doubled and we are receiving requests to do more human rights trainings
in K-12 settings and more requests to do peace education artistry work.
Our book "Peacemaker's A,B,C's for Young Children: A Guide for teaching
conflict resolution with a peace table" is now used in over 6,000
locations worldwide. Our newly published book, "The Compassionate
Rebel: Energized by Anger, Motivated by Love" featuring how ordinary
citizens are making peace regardless of the challenges of daily life,
was selected as one of 20 books in the United States for creating
positive social change and is now slated for becoming a television
documentary. We have also been invited by a radio station to do
Compassionate Rebel Radio: Stories and News for Creating a Caring
Culture.
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OBSTACLES: What are the most important obstacles that have prevented progress?
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Our
biggest challenge has been a change in staff and having to take the
time to go go through a new learning curve. Our other co-director had
to leave due to family matters. We are also a small non-profit
organization and rely heavily on partnerships with others who are
extremely busy which causes delays. We also have more ideas than we can
possibly accomplish with our present size.
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ACTIONS: What actions have been
undertaken by your organization to promote a culture of peace and
nonviolence during the first half of the Decade?
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We
have taken the following actions to promote a culture of Peace and
Nonviolence during 2001-2005: 1) Provided Human Rights Training to
educators 2) Published book "The Compassionate Rebel: Energized by
Anger, Motivated by Love - 50 Stories of How Ordinary Citizens Make
Peace 3) Developed website with the Universityof Minnesota Human Rights
and Resource Center www.humanrightsandpeacestore.org which provides
human rights and peace education books, curricula, posters,
training guides, multi-media materials, gifts, bookmarks, kindness
currency and other resources and makes them easily accessible to
educators, students, community organizers, youth workers, and parents
4)Published peacemaking articles for national publication, "Public
School Montessorian for infusing peace education into exisiting
curricula 5)appeared as key note speakers and workshop presenters on
the topic of mainstreaming peace and human rights education in our
schools 6)conducted peace artist residencies in serveral schools and
community organizations 7) Attended several hundreds of educational
conferences and community events with our Traveling Human Rights and
Peace Store 8) Submitted orignal story to the latest Chicken Soup of
the Soul Series - Stories for a Better World 9) Trained all Minnesota
Human Rights Commissioners as speakers for schools and how to use
on-line human rights curriculum "This Is My Home" 10) Currently in
development - Compassionate Rebel TV Documentary and Compassionate
Rebel Radio - Stories and News for Creating a Caring Cullure.
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ADVICE: What advice would you like to
give to the Secretary-General and the General Assembly to promote a
culture of peace and nonviolence during the second half of the Decade? |
Just
as we would not expect children to solve complicated math problems with
a few weeks of classroom exposure, nor should we expect students to
create a culture of peace and nonviolence without a PreK-12 scope and
sequence of human rights and peace education.
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PARTNERSHIPS: What partnerships and
networks does your organization participate in, thus strengthening the
global movement for a culture of peace? |
University
of Minnesota Human Rights Resource Center, Global Network of Huamn
Rights and Peace Educators, Minnesota Alliance of Peacemakers,
International Peace Bureau, Hague Appeal for Peace, Peace and Justice
Network, Publishing companies that produce human rights and peace
education materials, Popular Educators Network, Violence Prevention
Coordinators, National Association of Multicutural Educators, Classroom
teachers
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PLANS: What new engagements are
planned by your organization to promote a culture of peace and
nonviolence in the second half of the Decade (2005-2010)? |
We
are publishing five new books: "Playing with Peace" for PreK-3rd grade
educators, "Opening Doors: Participatory Leadership for Teens in the
21st Century," "Expanding the Circle: A Teen Mentoring Peacmaker's
Guide," "Compassionate Rebel II" and an on-line "Compassionate Rebel
Teacher's Guide. We also plan to develop an on-line train the trainers
modul of "Peacemaker's A,B,C's: A guide for teaching conflict
resolution with a peace table. We are continually adding new materials
to the Human Rights and Peace Store. Our next update is scheduled to be
complete by September 30, 2005. Further develop the Compassionate Rebel
website at www.compassionaterebel.org
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Postal address of organization
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Growing Communities for Peace, PO Box 281, Lakeland, MN 55043
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E-mail address of organization
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peace@umn.edu
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Website address of organization
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www.humanrightsandpeacestore
www.compassionaterebel.org
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Highest priority action domain of a culture of peace
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Education for a Culture of Peace
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Second priority action domain of a culture of peace
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Human Rights
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Highest priority country of action (or international)
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United States
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Second priority country of action (or international)
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Canada
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