Peacemaker Family

Our self-paced virtual course “Peacemaker Family” is suitable for families with children of all ages, and available for free on our website!

Peacemaker Family is designed primarily around weekend activities, to accommodate quality family time. The material is designed to take 12 weeks, but you’re warmly invited to expand on any activity or branch out in any way that feels right for your family.

With that said, you may find it most engaging to work through the material in chronological order, starting with Week 1, as the program is intended to build your understandings progressively. Each Week includes:

• A short video introduction from Stephanie Van Hook, who is our executive director and a former Montessori educator

• Reading a short chapter from a children’s book (more on that below)

• Reflective questions your family can use to discuss the book chapter

• A simple nonviolence practice to enjoy together during the week

Here’s one of the weekly videos to give you a taste of what the course is like:

Gandhi Searches for Truth can help grown-ups and children have important conversations about ideas related to nonviolence. The book, in 12 short chapters, explores how Gandhi discovered key principles and tools of nonviolence. These beautifully illustrated stories show how we can become peacemakers at any age. Each chapter opens with a quote, which is followed by a story and a nonviolence principle.

The book is available in print (just $7.85) and as an e-book (just $3.38) at Amazon.com, or from the bookstore on our website.

Peacemaker Family is largely organized around the stories in this eye-opening book, so you’ll want to purchase your copy before starting the program (fun fact: all proceeds from the book directly support programs by the Metta Center for Nonviolence).

You can find the course by clicking the button below!