PeaceJam Ambassadors (grades 9-12) may be integrated into an existing high school classroom curriculum, run as an elective or independent study program, or offered in after-school clubs, community- and faith-based youth groups, and homeshool networks. The curriculum has a number of major components:
The first part explores complex issues facing youth today. Topics include: violence - how their lives are touched by it, root causes, how the media portrays it; intolerance, and their own biases and blind spots; privilege and power; systemic oppression; and what it takes to be a leader and peacebuilder.
The first part explores complex issues facing youth today. Topics include: violence - how their lives are touched by it, root causes, how the media portrays it; intolerance, and their own biases and blind spots; privilege and power; systemic oppression; and what it takes to be a leader and peacebuilder.
The second part focuses on the life and work of one of the PeaceJam Nobel Laureates, the social, political and economic situation that they faced when they took their stand for peace, and the nonviolent strategies they used to resolve the conflict.
Service-learning is an integral part of the PeaceJam High School program. Participants identify, develop and implement a service project, based on the PeaceJam Nobel Laureates Global Call to Action, which may be local, national or international in scope. They also set and measure personal and group learning goals for the project.
The highlight of the year is the life-changing PeaceJam Northeast Youth Conference, where they spend the weekend with the Nobel Peace Laureate they have been studying, and hundreds of other PeaceJammers from around the Northeast.
The highlight of the year is the life-changing PeaceJam Northeast Youth Conference, where they spend the weekend with the Nobel Peace Laureate they have been studying, and hundreds of other PeaceJammers from around the Northeast.
Six months after the Northeast Youth Conference, PeaceJammers reconvene at the PeaceJam Northeast Slam, a one-day conference where they report on the progress of their service projects and what they have learned, and continue their development as leaders and peacemakers.
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PEACEJAM AMBASSADORS
NextGen Leaders Inc.,
a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, is the Northeast affiliate of the PeaceJam Foundation.
a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, is the Northeast affiliate of the PeaceJam Foundation.
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2010 PEACEJAM NORTHEAST YOUTH CONFERENCE REPORT
