Peace Education In 3D

1. Peace Education In 3D Proposed Organizational Training Material International Pool of Trainers 2011 Educational Strategies for Active Global Citizens

2. What is Peace Education? Peace Education provides us with the Attitudes, Skills and Knowledge we need to become agents of change, both locally and globally. In other words, to become Active Global Citizens. -CISV Passport, page 6

3. Peace is more than just the absence of war. It also involves… Diversity- Explores the identity of the individual and then asks us to consider ourselves within our own and the wider community. Human Rights- Considers how human rights affect every aspect of our lives and how violations can lie at the root of problems such as poverty, violence and lawlessness. Conflict and Resolution- Helps us to understand how conflicts can arise deliberately or otherwise and what can be done to help bring a peaceful resolution. Sustainable Development- Looks for integrated ways to promote economic and social well-being, while protecting the environment through the responsible use of natural resources.

4. How do we bring our peace education content off the paper and into life?

5. Put Peace Education In… 3D!

6. Peace Education in 3D In CISV we can use Peace Education to… • Diagnose: Identify the obstacles to Diversity, Human Rights, Peaceful Resolution ofConflict, and Sustainable Development,to find Themes for our educational experiences • Dream: Construct creative solutions on local and global levels • Deliver: Implement solutions both inside and outside of CISV

7. Step 1- Diagnose Identifying obstacles to peace Diversity Explores the identity of the individual and then asks us to consider ourselves within our own and the wider community. Diversity is difficult because our identity categories have been and continue to be used to discriminate, marginalize, and exploit Why is diversity challenging in your context?

8. Step 1- Diagnose Identifying obstacles to peace Human Rights Considers how human rights affect every aspect of our lives and how violations can lie at the root of problems such as poverty, violence and lawlessness. Human rights for all will be difficult to achieve as long as the rights of corporations come before the rights of people Why are human rights violated in your context?

9. Step 1- Diagnose Identifying obstacles to peace Conflict and Resolution Helps us to understand how conflicts can arise deliberately or otherwise and what can be done to help bring a peaceful resolution. Peaceful resolution of conflict will be difficult as long as violence and conflict is used to maintain the social, economic, political and order of our world Why is violence and conflict present in your context?

10. Step 1- Diagnose Identifying obstacles to peace Sustainable Development Looks for integrated ways to promote economic and social well-being, while protecting the environment through the responsible use of natural resources. Sustainable development for all will remain difficult as long as our economy is based upon profit and endless growth Why is development harmful or exclusive in your context?

11. Step 1- Diagnose

12. Step 1- Diagnose Use diagnostic questions in your own context Reviewing step one… …to find Themes for CISV educational experiences A good diagnosis can help us find a Theme for an activity, session, or an entire program. Themes give our work a specific peace education focus while taking into account the context, participants, and practical constraints of the given educational experience. Why is diversity challenging? Nationalism creates fear and hatred against immigrant groups Why are human rights violated? Families are homeless and there is not enough affordable housing Why is violence and conflict present? The adults and the JB have trouble understanding each other’s needs Why is development harmful or exclusive? The majority of CISV members come from Europe and the Americas

13. Step 2- Dream Constructing creative solutions CISV is a great place for dreaming! Involvement with CISV is a unique opportunity to gather with other people, share our cultures, and have fun! It is also an amazing opportunity to work together on creative solutions to the obstacles we face to achieve peace in our world.

14. Step 2- Dream “You may say that I’m a dreamer, but I am not the only one” Constructing creative solutions • Tips for CISV dreamers • The way it is, is not the way it has to be. • Just because the world is one way doesn’t mean that it has to stay that way. Take nothing for granted! Dream big! • -Study peace! • War and violence not natural but learned. They can be unlearned. Study peace! Unlearn violence in all of its forms! • -Think outside your socks (Walk a mile in another’s shoes). • Don’t assume that the way that many of us in CISV live is the way that most other people do too. Listen to the voices of those not present in our organization as well.

15. Step 3- Deliver Implementing solutions What do peace education solutions look like and where do they happen? Within CISV Peace education is relevant to everything we do within CISV from programs, to work on the Chapter level, to the decisions taken by the international board. Can you think of some examples of how we can use peace education to implement solutions to problems within CISV? Confronting and eliminating sexism and homophobia in a CISV Seminar Camp Making CISV accessible for people of all socio-economic backgrounds Identifying and resolving a conflict within a CISV committee meeting Supporting the growth of a new chapter in a geographic location traditionally uninvolved with CISV

16. Step 3- Deliver Implementing solutions What do peace education solutions look like and where do they happen? Outside CISV CISV is putting great emphasis on working outside of the CISV bubble and in collaboration with Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Like Minded Organizations (LMOs). Most programs already require collaborations with NGOs and LMOs, and some programs like Mosaic and IPP are based upon these collaborations! Working with immigrant rights organizations to transform fear and hatred based upon national identities Collaborating with a local homeless shelter to better understand the causes of homelessness and working to end it Joining with Peace One Day to stop militarization and armed conflict Supporting organizations with sustainable development projects that respect people and the environment

17. Using the 3D approach to Peace Education • Knowing when to diagnose, dream, and deliver • Diagnose: Identifying obstacles to peace • Diagnosis usually takes place in the planning stageof an educational activity, session or program when a Theme is selected • Often it is necessary to present the diagnosis of the problem in the introduction of the educational experience, especially if the goal of the experience is to create solutions • Sometimes the diagnosis can be done as a part of the educational experience, where the planning group presents a general Theme and helps the participants work together to diagnose the problem

18. Using the 3D approach to Peace Education • Knowing when to diagnose, dream, and deliver • Dream: Constructing solutions • Dreaming usually takes place during the educational activity, session or program • Before this can happen, it is important that all of the participants agree on the general diagnosis of the problem • Sometimes the planning group will do both the “diagnosis” and the “dreaming,” and the main goal of the educational experience is to “deliver” the solution • In this case, the planning group should explain their process “diagnosis” and “dreaming,” so participants better understand why and how they can implement the solution

19. Using the 3D approach to Peace Education • Knowing when to diagnose, dream, and deliver • Deliver: Implementing solutions • “Delivery,” or implementing solutions to a problem, can take place during an educational activity, session or program. • “Delivery” comes after “diagnosis,” and “dreaming” within the sequence of an educational experience. • Often, “delivery” also takes place after an educational experience when we implement peace education solutions in our own lives • Sometimes, while implementing solutions we identify more problems. “Delivery” can lead to diagnosis and the repetition of the 3D cycle.

20. Using the 3D approach to Peace Education • Knowing when to diagnose, dream, and deliver • Diagnose- Identify Obstacles to Peace • Always before the educational experience when finding a Theme and doing planning • Sometimes during the experience with the participants • Dream- Construct Creative Solutions • Often during the educational experience • Sometimes during planning, when the purpose of the activity is to implement solutions • Deliver- Implement Solutions • Usually during the experience • Often in our daily lives after the experience as well

21. Using the 3D approach to Peace Education • Now its your turn to use the 3D approach! 1. Brainstorm about possible topics within the Peace Education content areas. 2. Select a topic and diagnose it. Create a theme for your particular educational experience. 3. Determine what the Peace Education Purpose (PEP) of the activity is: further diagnosis, dreaming, delivery or a combination of the three. 4. Plan an activity that both aims to achieve the PEP, as well as the specific CISV goals and indicators of the overall educational experience

22. Evaluating the 3D approach to Peace Education • 1. What was your experience like using the 3D model to plan an activity or session? 2. Was doing a “diagnosis” challenging? Why? 3. How did you incorporate “dreaming” into your activity or session? • What will your activity or session do to help to “deliver” your solution? • Did the 3D model make it easier or harder to work with the activity session template, and the goals and indicators of your program or training?