Teaching peace at Friends Schools

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English - December 04, 2013 17:47 - 5 minutes - 4.97 MB - ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
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On November 15th, Quaker schools from around New England gathered at Moses Brown Friends school in Providence, Rhode Island, for a day long conference on peace education. Madeline Schaefer, Friends Relations Associate at the American Friends Service Committee, was invited to present and share AFSC's resources for teaching peace to young people.

Along with giving her presentation, which she co-presented with Friends Council on Education's Deborra Sines Pancoe, Madeline spoke with other presenters and organizers to try and answer the question of what peace education looks like, and how the American Friends Service Committee might help Quaker schools live out the peace testimony in and outside of the classroom.