Events

Event Description:

Texans for Peace presents it third annual "Teaching Peace in Texas Schools" conference. Workshops include "Teaching empathy through exercises in the math and science curricula," "Creating a culture of peace in the schools," "Encouraging student activism," "Working it out; empowering elementary school students to resolve their own conflicts," "Nonviolent communication in the schools," and "Peaceful vocations; a guide to counter-recruiting in our schools." Keynote speaker is noted author Jan Arnow, founder of the Louisville Kentucky-based Intercultural Institute and longtime proponent of nonviolent communication techniques in education.

Event Sponsor:
Texans for Peace, co-sponsored by Houston Peace and Justice Center and Decade of Nonviolence Houston

Event Website:
www.texansforpeace.org/ConferenceTeachingPeace.htm