News from Living Values Education Org - October 2008
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Vol 2, Issue 4 |
September / October 2008 |
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President's Letter: A Message From Kathy
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE IS SEPTEMBER 21ST
Dear Friends - Summer is over, the Olympics have ended, politics is center stage now, and a new school year has begun! It's a time of new beginnings, including a NEW "peacebuilding" initiative of the United Nations.
"Peacebuilding" is different from peacemaking and peacekeeping in that it "focuses on creating a long- term culture of peace, rather than solving existing conflicts or preventing old ones from re-occurring. Peacebuilding activities aim at building understanding and tolerance between individuals, communities and societies and establishing new structures of cooperation. Peacebuilding activities range in scale from personal acts of kindness toward others to global inter-governmental programs."
EVERYONE can participate, and we encourage you to do so by visiting the website http://internationaldayofpeace.org/about/bac kground.html.
Schools with character education programs may want to list their events. State governments and local municipalities can issue proclamations and hold special programs; families can make a promise for peace, individuals can offer a moment of silence or a peaceful thought for the world.
The Living Values Activities Guides offer many activities for children, young adults, and families that can be used for this special occasion - visit our website to see activities focused on the value of Peace: http://www.livingvalues.net/values/peace_focus.ht m
Become a Peacebuilder! Join with the Living Values Education Program in marking this special day!
Peacefully,
Kathy Shea
Kathleen A. Shea, Ph.D.
President of LVEP, US
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It's an ancient question: Can humans develop more compassionate, altruistic, and peaceful relationships?
The editors of Greater Good (a print and online magazine) believe we can. To help us find the way, they publish deeply thoughtful quarterly issues on topics such as 21st century families, the psychology of power, and the power of play. Each article fuses cutting-edge scientific research with insightful stories drawn from everyday life.
Go to: htt p://greatergood.berkeley.edu/greatergood/ |
National Schools of Character $10,000 Grant
Does your school or district have a comprehensive character education initiative? You can serve as a model for others and receive up to $10,000 to enhance your leadership in the field. Apply to be recognized as a State and National School (or District) of Character. Go to www.character.o rg/nsoc for details. The deadline is December 8, 2008.
HONDA Corporation
Through a program of responsible investment in organizations meeting the needs of American society in the areas of youth and scientific education, the American Honda Foundation strives to assist in creating lasting benefits for society. http://corporate.honda.com/america/philanthro py.aspx?id=ahf
The Allstate Foundation
Programs should address: Teaching tolerance to youth Ending hate crimes Alleviating discrimination http://www.allstate.com/foundation/fu nding-guidelines.aspx
Sprint Ahead for Education
is a grant initiative to provide funding to public school districts and individual public schools for character education initiatives. Public schools may apply for individual school grants up to $5,000 and public school districts can apply for district wide grants up to $25,000. Deadline April 2009. http://www.sprint.com/citizenship/education/ind ex.html
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"In the presence of presence the accumulated suffering from the past begins to dissolve, and that's the true teaching. That's why presence is so beautiful and why people want to be close to a teacher. It's not the form of the teacher; the attraction is to be in the presence of the presence. It's a very powerful thing to sit with someone who looks like somebody but is not somebody. When there's somebody there who is transparent enough so that the stillness comes through unhindered, there's a reciprocal movement in you because the presence of stillness suddenly recognizes itself. There's an almost magnetic pull of being. It gets pulled out of you, forward, and it meets all of the other being's being. Words are not really necessary for that to happen. They can be floating on the surface.
Being recognizes itself. People come together, being in response to being.
That's the beauty of it."
Ekhart Tolle in an interview "Stillness & Presence" in Inquiring Mind 18:1, Fall 2001
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Living Values Support Group Meeting in the Seattle Area
The above support group will be meeting every 2nd Friday of the month. Teachers who are using Living Values in their schools and parents who are interested are welcome. Meeting will be held at various Seattle schools or homes as people volunteer. For more information and meeting place, please call Mari at 206-524-6258
Presentations by Mari Chen and Alice Glenn At 2008 Nonviolence as a Way of Life Conference- University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon.
Creating Peace and Respect in the College Classroom
Saturday, September 13, 10:30am-12:00pm
Use of Emotional Landscape...
Saturday, September 13, 2:00pm- 3:30pm,
MIDATLANTIC AREA
CEP's 15th National Forum on Character Education The Character Education Partnership invites you to its fall Forum 2008, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Crystal City, Virginia, Oct. 17-19. With the theme of "Character Is Destiny," the conference will bring together nearly a thousand K-12 educators, community leaders and other leading thinkers who are transforming schools through effective character education. Kathy Shea and Anne Rarich will be presenting a workshop on:
Do You Know Where Your Parents Are? Engaging Parents in Character Education through the Living Values Educational Program
Go to: http:// www.character.org/2008conference
SOUTHEAST
Living Values Parent Workshops September 17th and October 15th
Aventura City of Excellence School
Aventura, Florida
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Donations Can be Made to Living Values Education Program
Support the grassroots work of our board and committees by donating today. Donate now to help a community build a caring and loving environment in which children learn about themselves as well as their reading and math. Some of the improvements that have been documented in the schools we have served are:
- Better emotional understanding
- Better social knowledge
- Better interactive behaviors with peers
- Less aggression with peers
Support the grassroots work of our board and committees by donating today. Donate now to help a community build a caring and loving environment in which children learn about themselves as well as their reading and math. Some of the improvements that have been documented in the schools we have served are:
- Better emotional understanding
- Better social knowledge
- Better interactive behaviors with peers
- Less aggression with peers
- Less bullying
To donate with PayPal. Just click here:
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National Coordinating Office |
Kathleen A. Shea, P.h.D., President, LVEP Inc.
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