PEACE EDUCATION:
A Special Interest Group of the American Educational Research Association
Newsletter
September, 2002
Vol. 6, No. 1
Online Newsletter Editor: Aline Stomfay-Stitz, University of North Florida; astomfay@unf.edu
. Message from the Peace Education SIG Chair
. Online Resources for Peace Education/Peace
Studies
. Future Conferences & Courses
. Recently Published Books
. Other News of Note
. Interactive Symposium-Annual Conference-
2003
Message from the Chair, Blythe Hinitz
Dear
Peace Education SIG Colleagues,
September 11, 2002 found me sitting in
St. Bartholomew’s Church on Park Avenue in New York City with the peoples of
the world and the religions of the world.
The Annual Interfaith Service of Commitment to the Work of the United
Nations: A Celebration of Remembrance
and Hope was dedicated to the victims of violence everywhere. This service, which marked the opening of
the 57th General Assembly, featured representatives of the Boa’s,
Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jain, Jewish, Muslim, Native American, Shinto,
Sikh, Tao, Yoga, and Zoroastrian faiths. His Excellency, Mr. Jan Kavan,
President of the 57th General Assembly and His Excellency Kofi
Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations, addressed us. Secretary General Annan told us that his
first public appearance after September 11, 2001 was at the Interfaith Prayer
Service held on September 13th, two days later. This year’s service was very beautiful and uplifting. The September 11th Memorial Peace
Pole, a metal peace pole into which we were asked to place prayers for and
thoughts of peace greeted us as we left the service. As your representative, I placed a paper in the pole.
The theme of this year’s 55th
Annual DPI/NGO (Department of Public Information/Nongovernmental Organizations)
conference was “Rebuilding Societies Emerging from Conflict: A Shared Responsibility.” The opening session on September 9th
included remarks by his Excellency Han Seung-Soo, President of the 56th
session of the General Assembly; Louise Frechette, Deputy Secretary General of
the U.N., Mary Robinson, the outgoing High Commissioner for Human Rights; and
Lakhdar Bfahimi, the Special Representative of the Secretary General for
Afghanistan. The closing sessions on
September 11th included “Demobilizing the War Machines: Making Peace Last” with such speakers as the
U.N. Under-Secretary-Generals for Disarmament Affairs and Peacekeeping
Operations, the President of the Hague Appeal for Peace, and Vandy Kanyako, a
former child soldier in Sierra Leone.
Vojislav Kistunica, President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and
Jose Luis Guterres, the Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of
East Timor addressed the last session of the day.
One workshop
I attended was: “Making Peace
Last: Teaching Peace, Human Rights and
Gender Equity.” Among the speakers
were: Betty Reardon, (our 2002
Interactive Symposium presenter) and Eileen Ast and Ruth Selman of the American
Montessori Society and Betty Burker and Cora Weiss of the Hague Appeal for
Peace. The new peace education resource
packet entitled: Learning to Abolish
War: Teaching Toward a Culture of Peace
was available. The packet developed by
Betty Reardon and Alicia Cabezudo for the Hague Appeal for Peace may be
obtained from that organization. (See Recently Published Books: Cabezudo).
Last year on September 11th at
9 a.m., when the peace bell ceremony was scheduled to occur, the U.N.
headquarters was being evacuated. This
year, the ceremony was held on September 11th at 3 P.M. at the
Millennium UN Plaza Hotel. It featured
“76 bell ringers, including 8 Heads of State, 4 Nobel Peace Prize Laureates,
and leaders of many different fields.”
My days at the DPI/NGO conference this
year gave me hope. When I listened to a
Palestinian and an Israeli who co-direct the Middle East Children’s
Association, a young counselor from the Friendship Ambassadors Foundation, and
the representative of he U.N. Volunteer Programme, for example, it reaffirmed
that people are taking positive steps toward peace. My challenge to all who
read this Chair’s Letter is: What
positive steps are you personally, and your organizations, taking to make this
a world where “Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall men
learn war any more.”?
Blythe
F. Hinitz, Chair, College of New Jersey
Acknowledgment: I recognize the contributions of several peace-related organizations/individuals
whose newsletters and messages contain valuable information for peace
educators. In this issue, I have used
items from the IPRA listserv(Ian Harris), National Crime Prevention Council,
Jennifer Batton, Ohio Commission on Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management,
the Wilmington College Peace Resource Center, Lion and Lamb Peace Arts Center
of Bluffton College, Concerned Educators Allied for a Safe Environment,(CEASE)
the Peace Maker SiTe(Candice Carter), and the ”Curriculum of Hope”(a Standing
Committee of Alpha Kappa State of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society). The Online
Newsletter Editor will furnish you addresses and information on these groups,
if you ask. They have all been in previous Newsletters(Online Resources).
ONLINE
RESOURCES FOR PEACE EDUCATION/
PEACE
STUDIES
Culture
of Peace – David Adams
A
global “news network for a culture of peace”
Disarmament
Programme, United Nations Association-UK
Fast
for Peace and Nonviolence – Dominican Order
Global
Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space – Bruce K. Gagnon
Global
Warming: Early Warning Signs
(Curriculum Guide-Grs.9-12) available at
www.climatehotmap.org (Union of
Concerned Scientists and others)
IFLAC-International
Forum for the Literature and Culture of Peace, Ada Aharoni, President)- Peace
poetry and materials available on the website
http://iflac1.up.co.il
IPCRI
– Israeli Palestinian Conflict Resolution Institute
Johannesburg
Summit, 2002(Sept. 2-11, 2002)
Kindness
& Justice Challenge (Do Something, non-profit group in honor of Martin
Luther King Day in January)
Lion
& Lamb Project: Alternatives to
violent toys, games & entertainment
National
Center for Conflict Resolution Education
NEA
(National Education Assoc.) Partnerships:
Partnership
for Conflict Resolution Education in the Arts
http://arts.endow.gov/partner/Conflict.html
Online
Journal of Peace and Conflict Resolution, Spring 2002
Peaceful
Tomorrows: Website of the families of
Sept. 11th terrorism attacks (Pentagon, World Trade Center, Flight 93)
www.peacefultomorrows.org
Peace
Initiative: “Thirty One Days To Change
the World)
www.thirtyonedaystochangetheworld.com
Tools
and Support for Conflict Studies Instructors
University
of Colorado Conflict Research Consortium
Verification
Research, Training and Information Centre: Focus on the verification of arms
control and disarmament agreements. -United Kingdom.
Print
pamphlet is also available, filled with first hand information.
FUTURE
CONFERENCES AND EVENTS:
The
Annual Conference on Peace Education in Canada will be held at McMaster University,
Montreal, from November 9 – 11,
2002. The Expected Outcomes have been
described as: (1) UN Culture of Peace Program; (2) Hague Appeal for Peace Global Peace Education Campaign; (3)
Report of Canada on Education for Peace, Human Rights, Democracy International
Understanding and Tolerance. Check their website for information:
www.peace.ca/education_for_peace.htm
Montessori
Peace Education 2002 Conference, November 1-4, 2002- 1-4 p. m. In Sarasota, FL at the
Hyatt at Sarasota Bay.
The
American Montessori Society (AMS), another organization, is an educational
society founded in 1960 to develop programs based on the educational principles
of Dr. Maria Montessori, prominent peace educator from previous decades
(nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize). A recent Position Paper from the
Society, titled Holistic Peace Education outlined the various
experiences and the environment needed to enable children, through the
nurturing of adults, to learn to “relate harmoniously with others” and then “to
all people and their earthly environment.”
Contact: American Montessori Society, 281 Park Ave.
South, 6th Fl., New York, NY 10010-6102. Web site: www.amshq.org
International
Perspectives: Global Voices for Gender Equity (A symposium to explore how
women create change) will be held from November 15-17, 2002 in Washington,
DC. Four key global issues have been
created with a focus on emerging nations: Literacy improvement; Peace
Education and Conflict Resolution; Governance; and Education for people
with disabilities. Contact: AAUW Educational Foundation, 1111
Seventeenth St. N.W., Washington, DC 20036.
Phone: (202) 728-7602; web site: www.aauw.org
UNESCO
Conference on Intercultural Education will be held in Jyvaskyla, Finland, June
15-18, 2003. The major theme is:
Teaching and Learning for Intercultural Understanding, Human Rights and
a Culture of Peace. Deadline for Proposals:
Sept. 30, 2002. Contact Program Coordinator: Dr. Leena Lestinen, Institute for Educational Research.
E-mail:
leena.lestinen@ktl.jyu.fi
International
Day of Peace will be celebrated throughout the world on Sat., Sept. 21, 2002. This
celebration marks the 20th Anniversary of the first celebration of
the International Day of Peace, established by the United Nations. Celebrants
can highlight the Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the
children of the world. Several web sites will be helpful if you plan a
family-based or community-wide observation of this special day:
(2)
Pathways to Peace: pathways@peacenet.org
(3)
Blessing for the Children of the World:
www.pathwaystopeace.org
Mary
Lee Morrison, Symposium presenter in 2002, established her own Peace
Education Center - Pax Educare, the Connecticut Center for Peace Education in
Hartford. She has gathered together
several community groups to observe the International Day of Peace on
Monday, October 14th. An all- day “Intergenerational Peace Fair and Conference”
is planned with the goal of “educating for a peaceful tomorrow.” It will be
held at the Learning Center, Hartford, CT for a wide range of community groups,
including students from Miss Porter’s School, Hartford Friends Meeting, New
England Peace Studies Association, among others. Contact: Mary Lee
Morrison at Pax Educare- (860)232-2966;
marylee898@attbi.com.
International Day of Peace Vigil: George
D’Angelo, United Nations Organization has invited all to observe a full day
of global ceasefire and nonviolence with a 24 hour Vigil to demonstrate the
“power of prayer and other spiritual observations in promoting peace and
preventing violent conflict.” If you wish to participate, please register “your
committee to the International Day of Peace Vigil –“ www.idpvigil.com
Diane
Levin’s Projects- SCEC-Stop Commercial Exploitation of Children: Diane Levin, Wheelock College,
an Interactive Symposium 2002 presenter, is engaged in an ongoing project that asks
our vigilance of children who are the targets for intensive marketing
efforts. She again led a group in
protest of these activities at the Golden Marble Awards for the advertising
industry in New York City on September
20th. Contact: dlevin@wheelock.edu.
Education Faculty for
Quality Schools, Peace, and Global Justice (EDFAC) at the New Jersey City
University, 2039 Kennedy Blvd. Jersey City, NJ 07305.This advocacy group was
recently formed. Contact: Lois Weiner (edfac4globaljustice@hotmail.com
or Ken Counselman (kcounselman@NJCU.edu.
National
Peace Corps Association established in September 2001 a Peace Educator Award
and a Global Educator Award for an individual who promotes “peace and
international (intercultural) understanding.” Deadline for nominations is
October 15, 2002.
http://www.rpcv.org/pages/sitepage.cfm
RECENTLY
PUBLISHED BOOKS AND PRINTED MATERIALS:
Bar-On,
B. (2002). The subject of
violence: Arendtean
exercises in understanding. Rowan & Littlefield.
Berman,
S. & Danky, J.P. (Eds.)(2000/2001).
Alternative
library literature: A biennial anthology. Jefferson, NC:
McFarland & Co.
Bennett,
J.R. (2001). Peace movement
directory: North
American organizations, programs,
museums and
memorials. Jefferson,NC:
McFarland & Co.
Boot,
M. (2002). The savage wars of
peace: Small wars and
the rise of American power. New York: Basic Books.
Bradley,M.P.
& Petro, P. (2002). Truth
claims:
Representation and human rights. New
Brunswick, NJ:
Rutgers University Press.
Cabezudo,
A. & Reardon, B. (2002). Learning
to abolish war:
Teaching toward a culture of
peace. New York: Hague
Appeal for Peace ($28, incl.
Shipping-Hague Appeal, Att:
Meg Gardinier, IWTC -777 UN Plaza, New
York, NY
10017). Betty Reardon was a presenter at
our 2002
Interactive Symposium.
Clark,W.D.
(2002). Waging modern war: Bosnia,
Kosovo, and
the future of conflict. New York: Basic Books.
Coady,
C.A.J. (2002). The ethics of armed
humanitarian
intervention. Washington, DC: U.S.
Institute of Peace.
(Free from the Institute)
Cohen,
E.A.(2002). Supreme Command: Soldiers, statesmen,
and leadership in wartime. New York: The Free Press.
Dando,
M.R. (2002). Preventing biological
warfare: The
failure of American leadership. New York:
Palgrave.
Day
our world changed, the: Children’s art
of 9/11. New
York: Abrams Books..
Diamond,
Louise. (2002). The peace book: 108 simple ways to
create a more peaceful world. Berkeley, CA: Conari Press.
Available from PeaceTech, P.O. Box 253,
Bristol, VT 05443.
Eisendrath,
C. (ed.) National Insecurity: U.S.
Intelligence after
the Cold War. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
Gidron,B.,
Katz, S.N. & Hasenfeld, Y. (2002). Mobilizing
for
peace: Conflict resolution in Northern Ireland,
Israel/Palestine, and South
Africa. New York: Oxford
University Press.
Grove,
B.M. (2001). Children who see too
much: Lessons
from the Child Witness to Violence
Project. Boston:
Beacon Press.
Guinan,
Kelly. (2002). Peace quest: Journey
with purpose.
Blair, NE: Kind Regards, (P.O. Box 33, Blair, NE 65008.
Juhnke,
J.C. & Hunter, C.M. (2001). The
missing peace: The
search for nonviolent alternatives in
U.S. History.
Scottsdale, PA: Herald Press and Pandora Press Canada.
Laber,
J. (2002). The courage of
strangers: Coming of age
with the Human Rights Movement. Public
Affairs.
Mays,
T.M. (2002). America’s first
peacekeeping operation:
The OAU in Chad, 1981-1982. New York: Praeger.
Muscat,
R.J. (2002). Investing in
peace: How development aid
can prevent or promote conflict. M.E. Sharpe.
Mutua,
M. (2002). Human rights: A political and cultural
critique. Philadelphia:
University of Pennsylvania Press.
Nissen,
B. (2002). (Ed.) Unions in a
globalized environment:
changing borders, organizational
boundaries, and social
roles. M.E. Sharpe.
Nye,
J.S., Jr. (2002). The paradox of American power: Why
the world’s only superpower can’t go it
alone. New York:
Oxford University Press.
Pellow,
D.N. & Pellow, L.P. (Jan. 2003). The Silicon Valley of
dreams: Environmental justice, immigrant workers, and
the high-tech economy. New York: New York University
Press.
Pellow,
D.N. (2002). Garbage wars: The
struggle for
environmental justice in Chicago. Boston:
MIT Press.
Record,
J. (2002). Making war, thinking
history: Munich,
Vietnam, and presidential uses of
force from Korea to
Kosovo. Annapolis, MD: Naval
Institute Press.
Rhodes,
R. (2002). Masters of death: The SS-Einsatzgruppen
and the invention of the
Holocaust.
Rischard,
J-F. (2002). High noon: 20 global problems, 20
years to solve them. New York: Basic Books
Schweitzer,
G.E. with Schweitzer, C.D. (2002). A faceless
enemy: The origins of modern terrorism.
New York: Basic
Books.
Stiehm,
J.H. (2002). The U.S. Army War
College: Military
education in a democracy. Philadelphia: Temple
University Press.
Vasquez,
H. et al (Ed.) (2002). Celebrating
diversity, building
alliances: A curriculum for making the peace in middle
school. New York: Hunter
House.
OTHER
NEWS OF NOTE:
A
new Peace Research Institute was founded in Norway at the University
of Tromsoe with a major focus on “examining ways of creating peace by peaceful
means and to make nonviolent handling of conflicts more known and
recognized.” Contact: Jorgen Johansen, Center for Peace Studies,
University of Tromsoe, Tromsoe, Norway
E-mail: jorgenj@peace.ui.no
The Peace Education SIG Interactive
Symposium will take place during the SIG Business Meeting at the annual
conference in Chicago, April 20-25,
2003 titled: Expanding Dimensions of Peace Education. Participants will be: Peter Blaze Corcoran, Florida Gulf Coast
University, Nel Noddings, Stanford University & Teachers College;
and William Schubert, University of Illinois-Chicago. Program Chair will be Edyth Wheeler, Towson
University with Aline Stomfay-Stitz, University of North Florida as
Discussant. Each guest, through their
research, writing, and advocacy has influenced the curriculum and educational
theories of many in education, philosophy, psychology, and environmental
education and ecology.
Pete Blaze Corcoran, Florida Gulf Coast University , a
leading environmental educator is a
special advocate for
adoption of the Earth Charter(United
Nations). He has
written extensively to advance
environmental and
sustainability perspectives. Nel Noddings’ ethics of caring
has added a new dimension to educational
theory. Her most
recent work has linked a theory of
justice and caring and
moral education. William Schubert, leading curriculum
theorist, was one of our original
founding members of the
SIG. He will outline a promising approach
titled:
“Educational Responses to Issues of
Peace, Oppression,
Violence and Terrorism.” We invite all to
attend.