Peace by Piece Summit

Submitted by Christian McCloskey on Wed, 03/03/2010 - 11:43am

The 2nd Annual Peace by Piece Summit will be taking place on March 27th at Kuss Middle School. The goal of the summit is to bring people, groups and organizations together to talk about how violence impacts them and their community.  In order to prevent and reduce violence, we will raise awareness about issues of violence and mobilize, connect and empower attendees with the resources required to address those issues. 

But in order to be successful, we must all work together. In order to achieve peace, everybody must have a piece in the effort.

HOW CAN YOU GET INVOLVED?
* Blog about what you are doing/plan on doing prior to the Peace by Piece summit to make Fall River a more peaceful community
* Participate in the National Youth Violence Prevention Campaign by organizing a project
* Plant a Peace Pole
* Register for the Peace by Piece Summit at www.myfallriver.org
* Help spread the word

The National Youth Violence Prevention Campaign will be taking place from March 22 – March 26, 2010. The goal of this campaign is to raise awareness and to educate students, teachers, school administrators, counselors, school resource officers, school staff, parents, and the public on effective ways to prevent or reduce youth violence.

This weeklong national education initiative will involve activities that demonstrate the positive role young people can have in making their school and community safer. The campaign website, www.nyvpw.org, serves as the crossroads to the campaign and provides countless resources to prepare for the event, including the official campaign Action Kit that serves as a step-by-step planning guide, suggestions for how each sector of the community can support the campaign, activity ideas, links to over 40 national organizations sponsoring the event, articles and interviews on violence prevention, and much, much more!

2010 CHALLENGES
Each day of the week will highlight a specific challenge to prevent youth Violence and will be sponsored by a national premier youth-serving organization. The challenges highlighted for 2010 were proposed by the campaign's Youth Advisory Board and will include:

Day 1: Promote Respect and Tolerance

Day 2: Manage Your Anger

Day 3: Resolve Conflicts Peacefully

Day 4: Support Safety

Day 5: Unite in Action

Groups: