Our Programs
Peace Village day camps introduce children to nonviolence as a way of life. They learn in a setting that is multi-racial, multi-cultural and inter-faith. The curriculum, developed over 13 years, includes a number of core subjects: Meditation, Nonviolent Conflict Resolution, Yoga, Earth Conversations, Media Literacy, Peace Heroes and a variety of art and outward bound activities. Most camps are held for one week in the summer and can be hosted by any appropriate organization. For information on how to get started (basic budget, volunteer recruitment, fund raising, support from Peace Village Inc., etc..), please contact Darren Reiley at dreiley@peacevillageinc.org. Our starter kit is free and a curriculum handbook is available at a modest cost. (For a listing of participating Peace Villages and their locations click here.)
Peace Village Charter High School opened September, 2007, in Eugene, Oregon, in cooperation with Network Charter Schools. It offers it's 43 students a learning experience which emphasizes their role in creating a just a peaceful world. Basic academic courses are taught in a manner which encourages the hard work of thinking, imagination and respect for one's peers. Discipline issues are resolved by means of the "Restorative Justice" model. The school operates as a part of Eugene's public schools and it's four faculty members are credentialed, long-term peace educators. For information please contact founder, teacher and Director Darren Reiley at dreiley@peacevillageinc.org.
Peace Out is an after-school program for teens created and supervised by Darren Reiley in Eugene, Oregon. For information contact Darren at dreiley@peacevillageinc.org.
Wayfinders is a rites-of-passage program for teens established in 2009 in Eugene, Oregon, to provide mentoring and support for teens. Through inter-faith studies, youth are guided in a physical, mental, emotional and spiritual quest for self. The core values developed are peace, courage, wisdom, integrity and compassion. Students travel each summer to Arizona to participate in Wayfinders Navajo Service Project. For more information go to www.wayfindersirop.org.
Adult Workshops: In September 2007, Peace Village inaugurated an Adult Program with the creation of two workshops:
"You must be the change you wish to see in the world" is a one-day workshop on nonviolence. It is available, without charge, to universities and other appropriate forums. By means of story telling and participatory exercises, this workshop explores the paradox of gentle power and provides six practices for making nonviolence a way of life. For information, contact presenters Charles and Cathey Busch at cathey.charles.busch@charter.net.
"Boots for My Journey (Walking the Interior Path)" is a four-day workshop held periodically in Lincoln City, Oregon. In it students sculpt clay shoes as a metaphor for their life walk. Liisa Rahkonen, one of the Northwest's most distinguished painters and sculptors, is the teacher and guide. For information visit www.liisarahkonen.com.
Fields of Peace, initiated in 2009, is a network of faith communities - Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim, Native American, Taoist and others - teaching the message of peace and nonviolence in each tradition.
Its purpose is to generate moral leadership to address the greatest cause of suffering in our world: The violence of human against human. Our work is to educate ourselves and others to resolve conflict through the practical wisdom of nonviolence.
The invitation to participate in Fields of Peace is open to all faith communities. The only requirement is a recommitment to the message of peace proclaimed in one's own tradition. No monetary cost is involved.
Participants will recieve periodic materials for use by clergy and lay leaders for teaching, preaching and practicing nonviolence; and a channel of communication is provided for communities to share peacemaking ideas, projects and opportunities for witness. For more information visit http://www.fieldsofpeacepv.org.
Please see our "start a camp" page to learn about our new Making a Village camp curriculum.
