Mission: Peace Village, Inc. 501c3, is a national organization which develops curriculum and creates settings in which nonviolence is taught to children and adults. We emphasize multi-racial, multi-cultural, inter-faith appreciation and the shared depth of our humanity. We envision an ever widening village in which conflicts are resolved through mutual respect and patient negotiation.
Peace Village began in 1996, in Lincoln City, Oregon, as a summer day-camp to teach nonviolence to children ages 6 to 13. The curriculum includes meditation, media literacy, yoga, non-violent conflict resolution, ecology, art, and rites of passage. To learn mutual respect, students sit at the feet of teachers from an array of religious traditions. Today, there are 17 Villages in 9 states. www.peacevillageinc.org
Making a Village is a new 5-day curriculum package for communities in need of a relevant theme for their own summer programs. It includes ready-to-use lesson plans, sample schedules, stories and activities to teach children, ages 6-13, how to be peacemakers in the midst of conflict—at home, at school, in the world.
Peace Out: Since 2005, Peace Village Inc., has contracted with alternative and charter high schools in Eugene to design and teach curriculum which integrates peace studies with national content standards for middle and high school education. The Peace Out curriculum includes concrete skills for conflict resolution, history of nonviolent movements in the U.S. and world-wide, civic engagement and youth empowerment. It will be available in book format in the fall of 2011.
WayFinders, begun in 2009, is a rites-of-passage program for teens in Eugene, Oregon. Teens meet weekly to deepen their sense of self worth and to serve others in community. An annual service project is conducted each summer on the Navajo Reservation in AZ.
Fields of Peace, an adult program inaugurated in 2009, is a national network of faith communities committed to emphasizing the message of peace and nonviolence. Participation is open to all faiths, including Baha’i, Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim, Native American, and Taoist. www.fieldsofpeacepv.org
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If you have an interest in hosting a Peace Village summer camp, or ordering Making a Village curriculum, contact Chloe Beard, beardgrl@hotmail.com 503.754.8978
For information on Peace Out, contact PV Executive Director, Darren Reiley, dreiley@peacevilageinc.org 541.337.6917
To participate in Fields of Peace, contact Charles and Cathey Busch, cathey.charles.busch@charter.net 541.996.4766
