$75.00 per person, some scholarships available.
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East Hartford, CT 06108
To Register- Call: 860-567-3441
Email: CTCenterforNonviolence@gmail.com
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January 30 - March 6 - Online
course offered by the National Peace Academy's Certificate
Program - Introduction to Peace Education: A Course
for Educators
(expectation of 5 hours of commitment each week)
The Teachers
Without Borders Introduction to Peace Education supports educators
in their professional development as peace educators and connects
them with like-minded colleagues around the world through a supportive
virtual learning environment. The 8-week online course consists
of three modules that provide a strong foundation in peace education
theory and invite participants to explore ways in which they
can put peace education into practice. Module 1 explores peace
education theory through its history, definitions, and core concepts.
Module 2 focuses on the scope of peace education, and encompasses
different approaches to the field. Module 3 emphasizes the practice
of peace education, including pedagogy, communication, and how
to promote a culture of peace in your school and community. The
coursework consists of weekly discussion forums, assignments,
and a final project. For more details please
see:
http://www.nationalpeaceacademy.us/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=382&Itemid=88.
(NOTE: Enrollment in the Certificate Program is not a requirement
to participate in the workshop.)
February 17-19, 2012 - Mary
Lee Morrison will be facilitating a workshop at the February's
National Peace Academy's "Peacebuilding
Peacelearning Conference" on "Creating
Local, Resilient and Adaptive Communities:
Transitioning to a Post Carbon and Tightly Woven World ".
April 21-22, 2012 -
Mary Lee Morrison presents a workshop for the National Peace
Academy's Certificate Program - "Building
Resilience In a Time of Transition: Imaging a Fossil Free Future"
Location: Adelphi University, Manhattan Center (New York, NY)
Course Instructors: Mary Lee Morrison and Tony Jenkins
Course fees: $100-500 (sliding scale - see details below)
NPA Certificate Points: 2 CEUs: 1.4
Spheres of Peace: personal, ecological
”The rise and fall of images of the future precedes or
accompanies the rise and fall of cultures. As long as a society’s
image is positive and flourishing, the flower of culture is in
full bloom. Once the image begins to decay and lose its vitality,
however, the culture does not long survive" (Fred Polak,
Dutch futurist, translated by E. Boulding, 1973).
“Preferred futuring initiates a large paradigm shift,
taking us from being powerless victims to being empowered and
connected to our deep passions and motivated to work together
to create a future we want. It means we are responsible and cannot
blame others.” (Lawrence Lippitt, 1998)
Images of the future motivate behavior in the present, according
to historical, cultural and psychological evidence (E Boulding,
1988). We cannot work for a world we cannot imagine. In this
time of transition of our global planet, it seems imperative
that we develop the capacity to vision a world very different
from that we now know and inhabit, and move beyond fear and despair.
Based on the work of futurists Elise Boulding, Warren Zeigler
and others, participants in this "futures workshop" will
work together to construct a positive world 30 years into the
future and, through several visualization techniques and analysis,
create action steps for the present to work toward this imaged
world. For more information please see: http://www.nationalpeaceacademy.us/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=397&Itemid=88
