Part of peacemaking is understanding cultures, including Native American.
with a fair number of active and retired teachers and educators will- ing to lend a hand. Linda Bond is a retired English teacher who has taught ecology and media literacy at camp. “It’s only a week,” she said, “but it’s so jam-packed. We want the children to learn, but we also want it to be fun.” Sara Flores said the fun part has
gotten through to her sons, Andy, 9, and Sammy, 6, who were disap- pointed to learn that Peace Camp was one week rather than all sum- mer. Flores said her sons liked “doing something different every day.” From what she has observed,
organizers of the Bethlehem Peace Camp wove “peace into everything they did. Tey tied everything together.” Teaching peacemaking skills has
become a goal in itself for many of the children and adults who have participated in the program. Laura O’Connell, who has taught
media literacy for the camp, has learned to use those peacemaking skills in dealing with the children. “I think that if you’re going to teach a child how to be a proactive witness without getting yourself in trouble or getting hurt, you have to be able to do that yourself. It’s not more
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work, but it’s different.” As a staff member, O’Connell
said she also learned the primary lesson the camp is teaching the kids: “Within ourselves, we can make ourselves peaceful through medita- tion and prayer.”
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Author bio: Elliott, a member of Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit in Chicago, is a freelance writer.
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