Annotated Peace Resource List

Books, games, resources on celebrations, Christmas, consumerism. The mission of Alternatives for Simple Living is "to equip people of faith to challenge consumerism, live justly and celebrate responsibly." See SimpleLiving.org/Archives for many useful resources.

888-478-4263
Creative and cooperative games.

ACR,1527 New Hampshire Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20036, 202-667-9700; fax 202-265-1968; acr@acresolution.org; www.acresolution.org

ACR was formed in 2001 by the merger of the Academy of Family Mediators AFM), the Conflict Resolution Education Network (CREnet), and the Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution (SPIDR).

Books, newsletters, congregational resources, bookmarks, "The Family Covenant of Nonviolence" flyers and magnets...

Another recent initiative, started by Canadian Mennonites in 2001, this program offers ways to say 'no' to conspicuous consumption and 'yes' to true abundance at Christmas.

A collaboration of media industry companies, educators, child advocacy organizations, and families. Their mission is to teach children critical viewing skills and increase the visibility and availability of quality children's programs. KIDS FIRST!(r) is the Coalition's program that evaluatesand rates children's films, videos, DVDs, audio recordings, software, and television.

Committee for Children 568 First Avenue South, Suite 600, Seattle, Washington 98104-2804 Phone: 1-800-634-4449 Fax: 206-343-1445 Email: info@cfchildren.org
In 2001-2002 the Committee for Children released its 3rd ed. of the Second Step curriculum, reaching more than 10 million children across the United States, Canada, and around the world--in Norway, Denmark, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, Iceland, Sweden, and the Philippines. Researchers at the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning awarded the Second Step and Steps to Respect programs high marks.

1540 Market Street, Suite 490, San Francisco, CA 94102. (415) 552-1250; cmbrds@conflictnet.org ; www.communityboards.org
These people wrote the book on conflict resolution training. They provide extensive training all across the country. They have experience in solving gang violence and racial violence. They sell curricula for K-12 and offer peer mediation training and resources, as well as research on their programs.

800-426-4777
Creative and cooperative games.

These games foster the spirit of co-operation. Players help each other climb a mountain, make a community, bring in the harvest, complete a space exploration... They are never against each other. Co-operative games have been proven to be that friendly form of fun. People of different ages and abilities should be able to play side by side, each making their best contribution. In a co-operative game, someone young and little can play with others older and bigger and not worry about being wiped out. We are all there at the end of it.

Children are not protected from not making it to the summit or completing the space voyage. These games are designed to offer realistic challenges.

Phone: 626-969-3707.

23 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, (800) 370-2515; educators@esrnational.org; www.esrnational.org
Began working with New York City schools in 1985, ESR helps educators create safe, caring, respectful, and productive learning environments. They also help educators work with young people to develop social skills, emotional competencies, and qualities of character they need to succeed in school and become contributing members of their communities. Offers on-site training and a peer mediation component.

ESR's mission is to make teaching social responsibility a core practice in education.

PPJN (Parenting for Peace and Justice Network) is an interfaith, interracial, transnational association of families of all descriptions who seek 'Shalom'--well-being, wholeness, peace, justice. FAVAN (Families Against Violence Advocacy Network) is a broadly-based network for violence prevention in families, schools parishes, congregations, colleges, and prisons. Actions include promoting and teaching nonviolence skills to families and organizing regional Families Against Violence workshops and conferences.The "centerpiece" of FAVAN is the Family Nonviolence Pledge. www.ipj-ppj.org/pledge.html The books, Families Creating Circles of Peace and Children Creating Circles of Peace are complementary resources.

4208 Six Forks Road, Raleigh, NC 27609. (919) 783-8483; Fax: (919) 783-8478; mnnc@mnnc.org; mnnc.org .
The mission of the Mediation Network of North Carolina includes promoting education, training, and research on mediation issues.

Peace Blend pages include an introduction to the Mennonite denomination and its peace position, many stories of current peacemakers, essays on current events, peacemaking activities, answers to questions, and more.

Current peacemaking resources for worship and information. Booklists, resources for children, youth, and adults. Lots of helpful links.

A national resource for those interested in the influence of electronic media on children. Resources include: movie, television and video game content ratings and more.Video and Computer Game Report Card is at www.mediafamily.org/research/vgrc/index.shtml KidScore (r) is a (searchable) content-based rating system that evaluates video and computer games, movies, and television, at www.mediafamily.org/kidscore/index.shtml .
Links to many other valuable organizations that are concerned with a broad range of health issues as well as media literacy of youth and families.

This publisher offers useful books that teach practical life skills to children and parents as well as those who care for them: effective tools for guiding, disciplining, and caring. Their children's books offer tools for problem solving, conflict resolution, and acknowledging and dealing with feelings.

The Peace Center is located in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. We have been working for community peace and social justice since 1982. Our programs are designed to help reduce violence and conflict in our schools, homes and communities through a multicultural, community-based approach. We are dedicated to furthering peace by understanding and managing conflict in our community, our nation and our world.

800-749-8838
A variety of peace education resources, in English and other languages, for the school and group setting. Research to determine the effectiveness of the curricula found significant decreases in anti-social behavior, significant increases in social competence, and more positive classroom environments.