Action Alerts This issue is all about action! Stop the New Arms Race! For those readers unfamiliar with the origins of P.E.A.C.E., it grew out of the anti-nuclear movement of the 1970s. Of course, the group’s goals and activities have broadened since then, but recent events move us to return […]
January 2019 P.E.A.C.E. News
NAEYC Conference Proposals Due February 1st Peace Education Interest Forum Can Help NAEYC has set February 1 as the final date for submission of proposals to present at its Annual Conference in Nashville, TN, November 20 – 23, 2019. P.E.A.C.E. members should be aware that our friends in the NAEYC […]
December 2018 P.E.A.C.E. News
Since 1979 P.E.A.C.E., and its predecessor CEASE, have been meeting every year at the annual NAEYC Conference, the one time of the year when much of the early childhood profession can gather. A large and active group of us met at the Conference in Washington DC, November 14 – 17, […]
Little Friends for Peace
With NAEYC’s national conference in Washington, DC, this year, we are excited to share information about a local organization that has been teaching peace in Mt. Rainier, Maryland, for decades. Check them out at http://www.lffp.org/ Here’s a quote from their About Us page: Little Friends for Peace Mission To counter violence […]
November 2018 P.E.A.C.E. News
Action Alerts! 2018 Election Results Thank you for voting on November 6. It’s a bit too early to read the tea leaves about results, but we may find it a bit easier to get positive financing and other changes for young children and their families through the new Congress. In […]
September 2018 P.E.A.C.E. News
Raising Awareness on Play’s Importance Two recent developments focused public attention on the importance of child-initiated play in children’s overall development and success in life, as well as the negative impact of play deprivation on our country’s prospects as a civil society practicing democracy. The first of these was the […]
August 2018 P.E.A.C.E. News
Action Alerts! Re-Unite Immigrant Families! There still are well over 800 children who were torn away from their undocumented families recently and have been put in detention all over the U.S., with no push by the Government to get them back together again. The Government needs to compensate these families […]
July 2018 P.E.A.C.E. News
Action Alerts! Re-Unite Immigrant Families! There still are well over 1,000 children who were torn away from their undocumented families recently and have been put in detention all over the U.S., with no push by the Government to get them back together again. At the 700 June 30 protests the […]