Participate in the International Peace Mural Exchange Program!
Why Participate?
The Where Peace Lives International Peace Mural Exchange Program is designed to provide an engaging,
fun, and creative work environment for children and youth to build and maintain a culture of peace within their school and community.
Through hands-on art activities you'll transform your relationship to managing anger, talking out issues, and being part of creating win-win solutions. This will help young people develop their natural self-confidence, motivation, desire to participate, mutual respect toward others, communication, and leadership—essential and powerful life skills.
We invite you bring the Where Peace Lives International Peace Mural Exchange Program to your school and create
your own "vision for peace" that will be internationally exchanged
with other students around the world. You'll have an unprecedented opportunity
to impact world views on peace through your thought-provoking
visual communication. You will see and recognize the similarities you
have with other young people around the world and discover the common
ground we all share toward building a peaceful global community.
YOU are the future, come design what it will look like!
Program Outcomes
The intended outcomes are:
- Each young person knows him or herself as someone who is making a difference,
- Each young person develops creative self-expression and individual talents,
- Each young person experiences pride and ownership in his or her accomplishment,
- Each young person sees the value in being a learner for life and is able to relate to the concept of "anything is possible,"
- Each young person becomes more globally-minded and creates their own stake in the big picture,
- Each young person develops higher-order thinking skills enabling them to think critically, solve problems, and make informed decisions,
- Each young person learns to show respect towards themselves and others regardless of differences,
- Each young person learns to bridge cultural and social gaps within the global community,
- Each young person develops strong leadership and communication skills, and
- Each young person values and learns to create harmony amongst all people.
Participate in the REEL Peace Program, Kids Teaching Kids Peace Through Moviemaking!
Why Participate?
This project is designed in a particular way to help students learn to work through problems in a non-violent way. As such, we request that you do the project as it is designed to be done, without skipping any of the steps involved.
The objectives of Reel Peace are two-fold. The first objective is for the kids making the movie to learn about themselves, conflict-resolution and problem solving through journaling, improvisational acting, script-writing and acting. All while they are also learning the basics of how a movie is made. The second is for the kids watching the movies to be able to see modeled behaviors that teach them how to use the techniques shown in the movies to solve problems of their own.
Because there are so many technical things involved with making a movie, it is easy to fall into the trap of having the activities be about moviemaking, and that’s not what this project is really about. It is about the kids learning conflict-resolution and problem-solving skills, and about them showing other kids how to learn the same skills through the completed movie. To avoid this pitfall of having it be about making the movie, the beginning sessions combine lessons about moviemaking, and topics to discuss conflict-resolution to create the storyline. You can also avoid the pitfall by being sure to start each session by creating the context for the program with the kids. The context answers the question: Why are we doing this? You should start each session by asking the question and having the kids create the answer. You may want to start the first two sessions by creating a context for them. They are creating these movies to help other kids learn to solve common problems that they all have. Or they are working on this project to create some answers to problems they all experience through conflict at home or in school. Try to always create a larger context. It should be something inspiring and should set the tone for the entire session.
Program Outcomes
The intended outcomes are:
- Each young person knows him or herself as someone who is making a difference,
- Each young person develops creative self-expression and individual talents,
- Each young person experiences pride and ownership in his or her accomplishment,
- Each young person sees the value in being a learner for life and is able to relate to the concept of "anything is possible,"
- Each young person becomes more globally-minded and creates their own stake in the big picture,
- Each young person develops higher-order thinking skills enabling them to think critically, solve problems, and make informed decisions,
- Each young person learns to show respect towards themselves and others regardless of differences,
- Each young person learns to bridge cultural and social gaps within the global community,
- Each young person develops strong leadership and communication skills, and
- Each young person values and learns to create harmony amongst all people
