“Ambassadors for Peace” is an effort -- through education, advocacy, and action campaigns-- to mobilize the youth of our community to build a youth-to-youth network on the issue of reducing and preventing youth violence. “Ambassadors for Peace” are young people ages 10-17 who are recruited and thoroughly trained in peace education strategies. Those who complete the entire training sequence are awarded T-shirts and training certificates designating them as “Ambassadors for Peace.” They are trained to work in their communities as youth leaders, modeling and teaching communication skills and habits of nonviolence to others that they can use in their everyday lives. The youth take part in a variety of role playing, reading, writing, discussion, experiential and other interactive activities. The objective is to empower youth to rise above violence. lick here to add text.
In response to heinous crimes committed by Milwaukee youth during the preceding summer, Humanist Ministries in October 2004 established the "Ambassadors for Peace" initiative.
It is an effort -- through education, advocacy, and action campaigns -- to mobilize the youth of our community to build a youth-to-youth network to reduce the prevalence and spread of youth. violence.
"Ambassadors for Peace" are young people ages 6-17 who are recruited and thoroughly trained in peace education strategies.
Those who complete the entire training sequence are awarded t-shirts and certificates proclaiming them as "Ambassadors for Peace."
Shown above and to the side are youth of
various ages who participated in one of two
summer 2005 neighborhood clean-ups
and anti-violence rallies. A total of 125 parents
and youth took part in these important
"Ambassadors for Peace" outreach events.
Through "Ambassadors for Peace" activities such as these, youth are recruited and highly motivated
to work in their communities as youth leaders, modeling and teaching communication skills and
habits of non-violence to others that they can use in their everyday lives.
Workshop training uses a three-tier peace education approach. It utilizes: Reading for Peace, Experiential Peace Activities, and Building Life Skills for the conquest of violence, using Martin Luther King, Jr., Mahatma Ghandi, and other renowned examples of non-violence in theory and practice.
In all, the youth take part in a variety of role playing, reading, writing, discussion and other experiential activities. The objective is to teach, train, and empower youth to rise above violence.
