The Oakland Unified School District’s restorative justice project has released this graphic for use as a teaching tool. You may use this poster to help people identify their own feelings as well as the feelings of others including characters in books, movies, poems etc. These emotions go beyond the usual “happy, angry, sad and tired” to include feelings that may arise during RJ processes such as talking circles and circles for conflict, harm and healing. The National Center for Restorative Justice has partnered with OUSD to make printed copies of the poster available via this shop.
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Drama for Conflict Transformation Toolkit: Youth Theater for Peace
Youth leaders and adult facilitators can use the Drama for Conflict Transformation Toolkit to create a customized training agenda based on their needs, timetable, and cultural context.
Across Kyrgyzstan, youth participants in the Youth Theater for Peace (YTP) program are using the Drama for Conflict Transformation methodology introduced in the toolkit to create community conversation about conflict issues. Since 2010, participants have collaborated with more than 50,000 audience members to talk about solutions to bullying in schools, labor migration, bride kidnapping, resource scarcity, and substance abuse.
Conflict Resolution Flashmob dances to “We Can Work it Out”
The folks at Conflict Resolution Minnesota outdid themselves this year for Conflict Resolution Week, putting together a flashmob to the Beatles song “We Can Work it Out”
Talk It Out – Bronx Intl High School Peer Mediator Music Video
Bronx International High School Students from the Morris Campus Student Leadership Council came together to write and create this gritty urban style video to promote peer mediation at the Morris High School Campus. They titled the song, “Talk It Out.”
Playing and Practicing Peace in Baltimore
AFSC’s Youth Program Director, Mia Jones discusses her work in the Baltimore public school system and how playing games and video projects have raised a particular group of girls, conflict resolution skills and sense or empowerment. She is using the Help Increase the Peace (HIP) Program. The Help Increase the Peace (HIP) Program was developed by the American Friends Service Committee staff in Syracuse, New York, in 1991 as a youth-oriented program to address the epidemic of violence in schools. HIP is based on the conviction that nonviolence and participation in our communities can better each of us and our world. Workshops focus on three themes: options to violence; dealing with racism, prejudices, and our differences; and the belief that we can each participate in our communities to bring about positive social change.
Lions International Peace Poster Contest
Each year, Lions clubs around the world proudly sponsor the Lions International Peace Poster Contest in local schools and youth groups. This art contest for kids encourages young people worldwide to express their visions of peace. During the last 20 years, more than four million children from nearly 100 countries have participated in the contest. The theme of the 2010-11 Peace Poster Contest, “Vision of Peace,” was open to students, aged 11, 12 or 13. Participants use a variety of mediums, including charcoal, crayon, pencil and paint, to express the theme. The works created are unique and express the young artists’ life experiences and culture.
In a Responsive Classroom
Watch and listen to teachers and students from seven elementary schools where the Responsive Classroom approach is used.
Recess Redone – The Power of Play
This video demonstrates the “before and after” effect when safe, fun playtime is introduced in the schoolyard. A trained Playworks coach teaches and runs games designed to build leadership and foster teamwork.
In the Harmony
A short musical video using puppets that promotes getting along despite differences. Aimed at preschool through 3rd grade.
Another Bully Busters Song
A song performed by storyteller Debbie Dunns aimed to let bullies know it is NOT okay to bully, teach witnesses what to do should they see a bully bullying, and tricks that victims should utilize to help them become bully free. (This song is sung to the tune of Sipping Cider Through A Straw learned at Camp Sky Wa Mo, a Girl Scouts camp, back when the presenter Debbie Dunns was a girl.)
Restorative Justice Arts Initiative
Restorative Justice is a peaceful conflict resolution tool that has been implemented in many schools in central Michigan. The Central Michigan Restorative Justice Initiative asked the students they work with to create pieces of art that focus on Restorative Justice. This is a presentation of that artwork.
PeaceJam Juniors
This Video provides an overview of the PeaceJam Juniors Program and documents one school’s experience with this award-winning curriculum.
PeaceJam Juniors is a standards-based elementary curriculum that explores the childhood stories of 12 Nobel Peace Laureates and the ways they overcome problems in their communities. Students study the personal experiences of these amazing world leaders and then engage in service-learning activities that address local needs. As a result, children gain academic skills in the areas of reading, writing, history, civics, and geography. They also develop personal and social skills including problem-solving, conflict resolution, and leadership. PeaceJam Juniors can be implemented as stand alone curricular units or as a complement to existing curricula and aligns with best practices in the fields of service-learning, conflict resolution, and character education.
Ring the Bells music video
A music video of “Ring the Bells” by Melissa Etheridge and Salman Ahmad focusing on peace and positive change. It was recently shown by Search for Common Ground at the 3rd International Conflict Resolution in Education Summit in Cleveland.
Peer Mediators as Change Writers
As part of the National Writing Project, a group of Marsh Junior High eighth-grade peer mediators from Chico, California embarked on a journey of exploration and discovery to find their voices and become agents of change. Here’s a video documenting some of what went on.
Conflict Resolution Educational Gaming: Behind the Scenes with Cool School and Harmony Island
This is an archive of a October 13, 2009 Webinar hosted by CREducation.org. It featured Melanie Killen, F.J. Lennon and Richard Goldsworthy speaking about their involvement developing Cool School and Harmony Island, two games designed to teach conflict resolution skills to youth.