by Larry J. Fisk
I have seen young students express their deepest concerns in matters of personal, familial and community conflict, sharing these matters with a group they trusted and thus enabling the classroom to become a microcosm of accepted diversity.
...all of these struggling people are peace educators.
...we truly can all be peace educators, even those of us who are impoverished in terms of money, resources, health, position or energy. Every move toward health and strength, each decision to keep going, to write, to encourage, to love, to take good care of ourselves and those around us, is an act of peace-building.
...this patience, this security, this love of a young mother for her toddler and her patience with him. Here lie the roots of security, confidence, joy and non-violence.
...peace education begins ... in our understanding and courage, our own wish to live and make things better.
...peace education starts with one’s self, loving one’s self, forgiving one’s self, taking responsibility for one’s self.
...peace education is part of our everyday lives.
"WHO IS A PEACE EDUCATOR? : WHERE DOES IT ALL BEGIN?" full paper in pdf
