Peace Education Program
Impact Stories & Videos

“I am learning to get in contact with that person I used to be.”
– Lisandro Martinez, former incarcerated person at Dominguez State Jail

“Our participants are not coming to us as peaceful folks. They are in conflict and have been through a lot. For us to help them find the peace inside of them is a great anchor for the future. It puts everything else in perspective.”
– Judge Kathryn Michael, Presiding Judge, Domestic Violence Intervention Court of Summit County, Ohio

“In this community, we really have enormous difficulties caused by the conflict between farmers and herders… They were in the same room, but suspicious of one another. After the first workshop, we started to feel the tensions ease between them.”
– Rachidi Adam, Peace Education Program facilitator

“We learn that there is another way to live in this world, that there are alternatives. Because hate, resentment and revenge cannot overcome the desire to live in peace and tranquility.”
– Program participant

The Peace Education Program has supported police officers in Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico, in building emotional strength and resilience amid their work in contexts of violence.

“We all carry an internal war. In reality, our internal war is the one we have to win. So if we are good within, then what we bring to our duties will be good, because we’re good with ourselves internally.” – Yadira Trejo Hernández, Police Officer

“When I did the pilot program, I said ‘Yes, yes, this is what I need, this is what I want.’ This is what I’ve always known in my heart, but Prem confirmed it with his message.”
– Alyce Knaflich, Veteran and Founder of Aura Home Women Vets