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 decide on new directions for our organization. We will be in touch in June with those of you who are considering […]
April 2019 P.E.A.C.E. News
Action Alerts Ask for $5 billion more Early Childhood for FY 2020! NAEYC is asking all of us to contact Congress to appropriate more money for the coming year to build on FY 2019 gains for early childhood. Further CCDBG funding increases will ensure that children are not cut from […]
March 2019 P.E.A.C.E. News
Roots of Peace By Kerri Klugman Peabody Terrace Children’s Center believes that one of the roots of a peaceful society is in our children. That is why we have a strong Anti-Bias curriculum. If children are taught from an early age to be aware of situations that are unfair and […]
February 2019 P.E.A.C.E. News
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 […]