Presidential Debates Continue The Democratic Party will hold the second round of presidential primary debates in Detroit, Michigan, on July 30-31, 2019. The debate is limited to 20 candidates with 10 candidates participating each night. Twenty candidates have qualifiedi.it for these debates. The Democratic National Committee will use tiebreaker criteria […]
P.E.A.C.E. PLANS INDEPENDENT CORPORATION
Next month we hope to present to you an opportunity to vote on a decision we made at our annual retreat in Newton, MA, to change from an unincorporated association to a corporation, so that we can get our own status as a not-for-profit entity, exempt from income taxes and […]
International Mud Day Celebration
International Mud Day started at the 2009 World Forum event by two women: Gillian McAuliffe from Australia and Bishnu Bhatta from Nepal. Both discussed the challenges faced in their own countries, when thinking about children playing in mud. In Perth, Australia, it is the lack of creating mud due to […]
May 2019 P.E.A.C.E. News
P.E.A.C.E. News for May 2019 Peace Educators Allied for Children Everywhere P.E.A.C.E. is a project of the Survival Education Fund First, we would like to thank all of you who replied to our member survey in the April edition of the News. This valuable information will help us to […]
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 Peace Educators […]
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 […]