TALKING ABOUT PEACE EDUCATION TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

When they were in middle school, I taught many of the students now in high school at The Episcopal Academy, and it was fun taking them down memory lane in my recent speech about peace education.  The theme for our Chapel program is Gandhi's "Be the change you want to see in the world."  I explained why I focus in my book and teaching on teaching for peace and change by teaching students to think, care, and act.  I reminded the students of the ways we had done this in middle school and invited them to step up their work to build a peaceful future--to be the change-- in high school and beyond.  Two former students introduced me.  Since the talk, students and faculty members have stopped by to talk about ideas and to thank me for the message.  We can build a peaceful future.... and we can empower our students to do so.  See the talk on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ig3T7vYTNRw