“By education I mean an all-round drawing out of the best in the child and man – body, mind and spirit.” -Mahatma Gandhi This summer I received a unique opportunity to attend the first annual Metta Center for Nonviolence restorative retreat entitled, the Power of Renewal. Among the other participants, I was able to useContinueContinue reading “Drawing Out Nonviolence In Our Learning Communities”
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Educators Realize the Potential of Collaboration through the Exchange of Human Rights Curriculum
The Stanford Human Rights Education Initiative (SHREI) aims to bring together community college faculty with Stanford faculty specializing in International Studies, Human Rights, and International and Cross-Cultural Education to inspire new curriculum around the theme of human rights. SHREI staff just completed the third year of successfully facilitating a model of bringing together America’s democracyContinueContinue reading “Educators Realize the Potential of Collaboration through the Exchange of Human Rights Curriculum”
Institutionalizing an Academic Path for Future Peacebuilders
This April, San Diego City College (SDCC) led the effort to institutionalize the field of Peace Studies within the California Community College system. On April 20, 2013 the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges voted in favor of a resolution to create Peace Studies as a discipline as recognized in the statewide Minimum Qualifications DisciplineContinueContinue reading “Institutionalizing an Academic Path for Future Peacebuilders”
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