Activities

Educational Outreach

The following list encapsulates some of the educational outreach activities sponsored by Pax Educare:

• Resource and lending library of 600 books, videos, journals, tapes and CDs devoted to peace and justice. See resource page for a more complete listing.
• Enabling educators interested in teaching peace to network and connect.
• Workshops suitable for youth and adults in nonviolence and conflict transformation. We offer workshops in HIPP (Help Increase the Peace), in collaboration with the American Friends Service Committee (see HIPP website for more information). HIPP is adaptable to many different groups. See our calendar page for upcoming trainings and workshops.
• Sponsorship and co-sponsorship of educational and artistic events that highlight, promote and enhance skills and processes to build peace.

Workshops and community and educational dialogues on a variety of timely topics with particular emphasis on the skills and philosophy of nonviolence and building Cultures of Peace. Publication of a twice yearly newsletter, rich with resources and connections in peace education, peace research and peace studies Director Mary Lee Morrison is an auxiliary board member of the New England Peace Studies Association. Pax Educare collaborates with NEPSA to network and engage area educators, secondary through college in the promotion and support of peace studies

Membership in the Peace and Justice Studies Association. Consultation on resource materials and curricula. Promotion of various peace curricula, including Making Peace Where I Live (MAPWIL), peace education project using oral history to teach peacemaking skills. See our resource page for links to MAPWIL and many other projects and curricula. Dr. Morrison teaches at Central Connecticut State University. For syllabi, visit the resources page. Pax Educare is a member of the West Hartford Girls and Violence Network-a community based group of organizations and individuals with a mission of moving forward education and advocacy.