ACR Hawaii Board member Dr. Kerrie Urosevich and Dr. Maya Soetoro-Ng presented a Ceeds of Peace workshop with the Montessori Community School on February 10, 2013. The workshop brought together approximately 90 teachers, families and community members to gain skills in supporting children and youth to be peacebuilding leaders in their communities. Peacebuilders possess the critical “c”s of peacebuilding such as, complex problem solving, critical thinking, compassion, creativity, collaborative leadership and courage. Participants learned how to model the Ceeds and plant the Ceeds to ultimately achieve safe and thriving homes, schools and communities. Comments from participants: “When is the next one?! We need more of these in our community.” “Every adult that spends time with a child needs these CEEDS!” Additional workshops will be offered once a month, from August to November 2013 for families, teachers and community members working with children. Teachers will receive professional development credits for attending two of the four workshops. Ceeds of Peace has been developed by Dr. Kerrie Urosevich and Dr. Maya Soetoro-Ng, in partnership with the University of Hawai‘i College of Education, Family Hui, the Association for Conflict Resolution Hawai‘i Chapter, and the Hawai‘i State Department of Education.
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