3.06.05 peace education

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"The children's books are for my 9-year-old daughter. Something short that I can read to her on the phone, but long enough not to be childish. She is a smart and beautiful girl."

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An overview of recently published resources working against the militarization of our young people.

Summary:Youth conduct power analyses of policies and institutions that specifically affect people of color and poor communities.

Summary:When literature is negated from a community, young people lose an important means of creating and carrying their own tools of success, and imagining their own future.

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While The Sneetches taught about the interaction between discrimination and capitalism, Horton Hears a Who is Dr. Seuss' exploration of genocide.

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"I must say that writing is a lot safer and much more productive than doing drugs."

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I think to myself, if so many teenagers
are dying now my whole generation of
teenagers is going to be gone by the
time I turn eighteen.

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When reconciliation occurs, people report feeling that they have rejoined the human family.

Summary:In order to fix our schools, we all need to start taking responsibility for the racism, poverty, and violence that are what's really undercutting them.

Summary:The effects conflict has on children and families are common around the world, as are the key challenges for early educators working amidst the conflicts.