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Volunteer to teach a class on conflict resolution. <http://peace.mennolink.org/cgi-bin/biglist/view.cgi?c=cat_Conflict_Resolution&submit=Search> Sponsor a peace poster contest and contribute prizes for all who participate. Contribute peace books to the school or classroom library. (For some suggestions, see <http://peace.mennolink.org/resources/biglist>.) Give the teacher money to cover milk or book bags or gloves or shoes for students without. Celebrate the birthday of a peace hero with story-telling, bookmarks and refreshments. Provide information about transformative discipline and volunteer to mentor students through the process. <http://fresno.edu/pacs/> Invite a speaker gifted with children to tell peace stories. Sponsor counter-recruitment tables during career days and other times military recruiters are available. Be certain to have attractive freebies. <http://www.objector.org/recruiting.html> Provide peace book wraps from PJSN. Many schools require students to protect their textbooks with covers. Because students see their books every day, the military gives out free book wraps to many school systems. Here's your chance to provide an alternative! Margins of the book wraps have ideas for reducing violence and what to do when one finds a gun. The Christian book wraps include the suggestion of using Jesus' way of love and prayer. <http://peace.mennolink.org/resources/toorder/index.html#increase>
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Any day now, schools in your area will fling wide their doors to an influx of bright-eyed students eagerly returning to the halls of learning. Already teachers are scurrying around, creating new lessons and becoming acquainted with new resources, so they can help each child develop to full potential.