CURRENT PROJECTS of COMMON PEACE

Common Peace currently has a number of projects in the developmental stage. If you would like to participate with us in any of these projects, or contribute to our nonviolence work and play in association with any of the projects listed below, please contact us @ (323) 931-9125.

64 Ways to Practice Nonviolence(Grade school and high school curriculum)
In 2009, Common Peace continued to market its nonviolence curriculum published in 2008, entitled 64 Ways to Practice Nonviolence. The curriculum is published by Pro-Ed, Inc., one of the foremost leaders in the educational publishing field. This powerful and effective teaching tool is a must have for all teachers, students, workshop facilitators, and educators - especially for those engaged in the fields of peace, nonviolence, and justice. This labor of love was born out of our 1997 Season for Nonviolence, our annual 64 day nonviolence campaign, honoring the 64 days between January 30th and April 4th, the memorial dates of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. Please go to www.commonpeace.org to read about our nationwide Season for Nonviolence, now in preparation for its 13th season. Links to sample pages of the curriculum and to online purchasing are listed in the paragraph below.

64 Ways to Practice Nonviolence Animation Project
Common Peace is thrilled to announce its partnership with veteran filmmaker and animator, Bruce Royer, and his company, Royer Studios in Topanga, California. Together Common Peace and Royer Studios are implementing an animation pilot project entitled 64 Ways to Practice Nonviolence Animation Project, in a variety of Los Angeles classrooms. Using creativity, personal expression, and teamwork, students create PSAs (public service announcements) through the artistry of animation. This project supports participants in understanding and experiencing the basic nonviolence principles in our 64 Ways Poster and Curriculum.

Adopt a School Program - Curriculum Gifting
In an effort to effect change in our Los Angeles community and beyond as we step into 2010 - and as an affordable alternative to end of year giving, we are inviting individuals and organizations to purchase and donate a copy or copies of the 64 Ways curriculum to a deserving school that cannot afford to purchase the curriculum on its own. We are in the process of identifying schools, first in the Los Angeles area, then in other areas of the country, which will be the recipients of these curricula. The price of the curriculum is $40. Please consider purchasing one or more books for your own needs and use - and/or as a gift to a teacher, school, and its students - who otherwise would not have the opportunity of accessing this enriching and revitalizing information. The adjunct tool to the curriculum, our beautifully illustrated 64 Ways to Practice Nonviolence poster (double sided in Spanish and English) which normally sells for $5.00 will be included in the gift to the school. Posters may be purchased for your individual use, and/or purchased as gifts for holiday and gift giving, or you may purchase the curriculum and poster and instruct Common Peace to distribute to either a school that you designate, or a low income school that we identify. Sample pages of the curriculum can be viewed at www.beloveforall.org/curriculum.html. Purchases can be made online at www.nonviolenceworks.com/snv/ed2000/guide.htm.

Race Relay is a multi-media presentation using drama, music and video to discuss the experience and state of race relations today in America. It is a pilot project for California, to be replicated in cities across the U.S., and is designed to be part of an ongoing effort to further healthy race relations. Utilizing actors, recollections of actual personal incidents, and projected images from various films, RACE RELAY is an experiential piece in which the audience participates physically and emotionally. It is a performance that integrates entertainment, reality, humor, and frankness. Weaving together recollections of racial incidents within a dramatic story, and incorporating striking visual images, this multi-media production is designed to invite the audience to examine their feelings and attitudes about race in a non-threatening way. If interested in participating with the Race Relay project, or making a donation to the project, please contact Denise Hamilton @ (323) 931-9125 or go to www.commonpeace.org and click on the Donate button.

Fundraising: We are in the process of creating a number of large and small fundraising events. If you would like to assist with fundraising, please call Candace @ (323) 931-9125. One of the larger fundraising projects is called "Mingling with the Masters," a one day fundraising event, with Masters in various arenas of expertise. If you have ideas to contribute to this fundraiser, or have experience in fundraising and can assist us in having a successful event, please contact Candace Carnicelli @ (323) 931-9125. Marketing and Publicity assistance is also greatly needed.

Seminars: Compassionate Listening, and Introduction to Basic Nonviolence Principles (as taught by King & Gandhi).
Compassionate Listening - A one day, three hour seminar in which you have an opportunity to practice your listening skills, with deeper compassion and love! $30, reduced rates for groups!
Introduction to Basic Nonviolence Principles - a seminar which introduces you to the basic principles of Nonviolence as taught by King and Gandhi, and historical examples of how these principles can impact our personal lives, the nation and the world. $30, reduced rates for groups!
Additional Seminars can be formulated in accordance with your individual and groups needs.

Website Design: We need a face-lift! If you have expertise in web design and can contribute to the expert redesign of our Website, please call Candace @ (323) 931-9125.

Film Night: We will be re-introducing our nonviolence film series in 2010. If you would like to assist with the film night, have suggestions for movies to be viewed, or other creative ideas to make our film night a successful, informative, and fun evening, please call Candace @ (323) 931-9125.

Season for Nonviolence 2010:
Please join us by participating in the 2010, 64 Day Season for Nonviolence which begins January 30th and ends April 4th, the memorial dates of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. If you have a local hero that you would like to nominate from the Los Angeles and surrounding communities as one of our local heroes during the 64 day campaign, please go to our website, download the Hero Nomination Form, and return to us at the fax number on the form. If you would like to introduce the 64 Ways to Practice Nonviolence poster and/or curriculum to a teacher or school interested in implementing these tools in their Season for Nonviolence activities, please contact us. Please go to www.commonpeace.org to read about our nationwide Season for Nonviolence, now in preparation for its 12th season.

Since 2007 Common Peace has partnered with our committed and loving friends @ Be Lovewww.beloveforall.org/shop/. Be-Love generously contributes 10% of all proceeds from the sale of their exquisitely crafted Fair Trade and Sweat Shop Free t-shirts to Common Peace for its nonviolence education projects. We are very excited about this partnership! Please visit Be-Love's website and support their work and business, and our continuing partnership.

Additional programs and workshops are being formulated by Common Peace. Please visit us at our Website, www.commonpeace.org to follow our progress and participate with us.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST!

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