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| Resources include Articles, a Calendar of Upcoming Events and LinksLinksAmerican Academy of Pediatrics offers the resources for parents, teachers, and young people to help educate them as to how they can best deal with the rampant and epidemic forces of violence in our society. The American Academy of Pediatrics is an organization of 55,000 primary care pediatricians, pediatric medical sub-specialists and pediatric surgical specialists dedicated to the health, safety and well-being of infants, children, adolescents and young adults. (Your1voice featured link 5-28 to 08-05 2001) Institute for Peace and Justice The Institute for Peace and Justice (IPJ) is an independent, interfaith, nonprofit organization, begun in 1970, as a response to the realities of war, racism and global economic injustice. IPJ is committed to the challenge, "If you want peace, work for justice," by helping people find "learn-able and doable" alternatives that incorporate justice and reconciliation into an active quest for peace in their everyday lives. The Family Violence Prevention Fund (FVPF) works to end domestic violence and help women and children whose lives are devastated by abuse, because every person has the right to live in a home free of violence. The Family Violence Prevention Fund's THERE'S NO EXCUSE FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE public education campaign is a collaborative effort with The Advertising Council designed to educate Americans about the seriousness of the epidemic of domestic violence and to mobilize Americans to be part of the solution. The campaign includes powerful television, radio and print public service announcements and resources designed to galvanize people to take action against abuse. Men Stopping Violence.org is a social change organization dedicated to ending men's violence against women. National Conference of Catholic Bishops United States Catholic Conference For the seventh year, the National Catholic Anti-Violence Working Group offers a "Stand Against Violence" resource kit in response to the bishops' call to focus on the "moral and human cost of violence" The kit includes reading material and outstanding teaching aids to help young people better understand these important issues. Nurse Advocate.org Numerous sources report that nurses and other healthcare workers are assaulted in the workplace more frequently than any other US worker group. Nurse Advocate provides a wealth of information and resources related to workplace violence.
Parent Coaching Institute, founded by nationally acclaimed educator, Gloria
DeGaetano, http://www.GrowSmartBrains.com
is a parent coach training, placement, and research organization. Our mission is
to train and place parent coaches to be catalysts for social evolution,
restoring parenthood as a sacred task; revitalizing parenthood as a source of
joy and satisfaction, and opening pathways for parents to better meet their
children's needs by learning to boldly confront the cultural challenges
impacting families today. Teachers,
counselors, coaches, social service workers will find superb training at the 500
graduate university level and parent coach certification through Seattle
Pacific University, along with enhanced career opportunities with a commitment
from the PCI to find the right parent coaching job for you. Corporations,
schools, and agencies will find cost-effective, specific measurable methods with
long-term sustainable results to enhance wellness agendas, spousal programs, and
other structured benefits to introduce innovative,
intention-oriented, on-going parent support into the corporate culture.
For detailed information visit: http://www.ParentCoachingInstitute.com
or call Gloria DeGaetano, at 425-401-1519. Parents Television Council
The mission of the PTC is to bring America’s demand for positive, family-oriented television programming to
the entertainment industry. Plinkonline.com Change Yourself and You Change the World: Lessons in Growth and Change from the Alternative to Violence Project, which helps toughest inmates find peace through loving, innovative teaching. Ribbon of Promise will unite the nation in an effort to end school violence by acting as a resource for communication, education, planning and action. In the wake of violent tragedies across our country, what did you feel? Grief, Disbelief, Helplessness. These feelings unite our nation. But we owe our children, our friends and our communities more than our communal sorrow. We owe them their futures. This is the promise behind the Ribbon of Promise National Campaign to End School Violence: that a nation united through grief, through the power of that very unity, achieve a victory over violence. It is a promise that requires much thought, and action, to be fulfilled. (Your1voice featured link 08-05 2001 to present ) Student-Safety.com
In February 1996, Barry Loukaitis walked into his Message Of Pope John Paul II For The Celebration Of The World Day Of Peace. From the Vatican, 8 December 2001
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