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Girls Talk Back
Girls Talk Back was created by the partnership of the American Association of University Women – Honolulu Branch, Women’s Fund of Hawai’i (WFH), and Ceeds of Peace. Our partnership launched this effort after identifying gaps in our education system’s ability to develop underrepresented leaders, specifically women of color and even more specifically Pacific Islander and …
Youth Talk Back
https://www.youtube.com/embed/ubGmUy558xM Twenty-four students from 16 schools across Hawaiʻi Island, Kauaʻi, and Oʻahu participated in YTB during the 2019-2020 school year. Throughout the course of the program, our facilitators and executive director led our youth participants through team-building activities, our Peace Accelerator framework, and consulted them on their action plans. The Peace Accelerator framework consisted of a …
Withdraw from the Ceeds of Peace Co-Op Toolkit
To withdraw from the Co-Op Toolkit, Please email: collaborator@ceedsofpeace.orgTitle- “Withdraw” Enter your name and your organization name Then we will remove your listing and links to your content from our Co-Op Toolkit. Alternatively, if you wish to change or add resources in the Co-Op Toolkit from your organization, just give us the details and …
Field Trips
Create field trips that reinforce the Ceeds of Peace that you are planting. Service learning excursions are an example. Youth can work to better understand the needs of their communities and harness the will to act on behalf of others. They can learn subject matter in a way that feels more connected and therefore more …
Alternate Grades
Consider assigning grades based on absolute standards, and not on a youth’s achievement as defined by the teacher or compared to other youth. Students and educators critically examine grading systems and identify the reasons for and value of grading. Students brainstorm ways to assess their work and think about how to make grading consistent, fair, …