Day 14 of 30 Days of Compassion: Learn about 2 Louisville groups that promote peace for youth

Day 14 of 30 Days of Compassion from Interfaith Paths to Peace

Learn about Louisville's Peace Education Program and the city's SPAVAPprogram (which teaches Nonviolent Conflict Resolution skills to students of all ages in our public schools)

Here's a link to the Peace Education Program

http://peaceeducationprogram.org/Home.php

 Peace Education Program trainers have been teaching conflict resolution, peer mediation and prejudice reduction to youth and adults who work with youth for over twenty-nine years.  We have a network of 155 schools and 67 community sites in Louisville and the surrounding areas.

Here's a link to info about SPAVA

http://www.spava.us/

The Society for the prevention of Aggressiveness and Violence among Adolescents is a nonprofit organization, 501C organization developed to help teach children and youth a nonviolent approach to life. Community volunteers mentor children in the Jefferson County Schools and private school system. The children learn skills of anger and aggression control through negotiation. Mentors teach respect, honor, integrity, resilience and perseverance with challenges...