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Student & Teacher Resource Page
Manchester Area People for Peace began a school project in the spring of 2004 aimed at providing information to students and teachers in the following areas:
(1) Careers in Peace & Justice and Conflict Resolution
There are many college and university programs throughout Michigan, the U.S, and worldwide in studies related to peace, justice and conflict resolution. Opportunities include college/university programs (minors and majors), internships, certifications, seminars, and volunteer activities. Links:
High school students at Manhcester High and at high schools around the state and country are regularly targeted by military recruiters. Many schools, including MHS, treat military recruiters the same as career representatives from universities, colleges and trade schools.
Military recruiters set up their career table in the MHS cafeteria during the students' lunch period. They pitch students on job training, college scholarships, and foreign travel in their efforts to sign up young men and women for military service. However, military service is different from most careers. It can be deadly as we know only too well from the current occupation of Iraq.
MAPP feels that every student has the right to get the complete picture before making this very grave commitment. We have compiled useful materials and links to help students, teachers, and parents learn all the facts about what a career in the military can mean. Links:
Every young man must register with the selective service commission when he turns 18 years of age. This puts your name in the system should the draft be re-instated.
What many people don't know is that there is also a national register for conscientious objectors. MAPP has a CO counselor available to provide information to anyone interested. Link:
MAPP and the Washtenaw Chapter of Veterans for Peace have speakers available. Please contact us if you would like a classroom or group presentation on any of the following topics: the history of the peace movement, peace and justice education opportunities, the realities of military service, alternatives to military service, and related topics. Contact us at: MAPforPeace@comcast.net
Examines the techniques of propaganda used to teach us "to hate all the people our relatives hate.” Some 400 posters and cartoons show how enemies are dehumanized by portraying them as enemies of god, barbarians, terrorists, sadists and aggressors so that we will be able to kill without remorse or pity. The combination of the book, Faces of the Enemy, with the Study Guide, the PBS documentary "The Faces of the Enemy: and the 3 lectures -- The Art of Enemy Making; The New Enemy; Beyond Enmity -- provide all of the essentials for a high school or college course on prejudice, propaganda and the language of warfare.
For nearly 40 years, Wayne State University's Center for Peace and Conflict Studies (CPCS) has sought to further peace through knowledge. To this end, it has established the World Pledge Project. Created to inspire and educate people of all ages, the project offers a softly illustrated poster proclaiming the World Pledge, and an accompanying study guide. According to CPSC, "The World Pledge is not meant as a substitute for the US Pledge of Allegiance, but rather as a supplement to provide children with an impetus to gain better understanding about the planet on which they live, the people who inhabit it, and the ecosystem of which they are a part." The poster and the study guide are available together or individually (for nominal fees to cover their production costs). CPSC hopes they serve as teaching tools in homes, classrooms, organizations, and places of worship. For more information, to read the pledge, and to order, click here.
CPCS develops and implements projects, programs, curricula, research, and publications in areas of scholarship related to international and domestic peace, war, social justice, arms control, globalization, multicultural awareness, and constructive conflict resolution. Degree programs within the university, local presentations and forums in the Detroit community, and broader outreach efforts are parts of their scope.
Source: Wayne State University's Center for Peace and Conflict Studies |
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