Making the Peace
A 15-Session Violence Prevention Curriculum for Young People
by Paul Kivel
, Allan Creighton
, The Oakland Men’s Project
Making the Peace is written to help young people break away from violence, develop self-esteem, and regain a sense of community. It provides exercises, role-plays, in-class handouts, homework sheets, and discussion guidelines to explore issues such as dating violence, gangs, interracial tension, suicide, sexual harassment, and the social roots of violence.
REVIEWS AND TESTIMONIALS
Throughout the book, there are practical suggestions for facilitators, from arranging desks to promote discussion to anticipating rough spots and handling difficult responses. All handouts and homework exercises are ready to use and are designed for easy reproduction. Flexible enough to use during consecutive days or throughout a semester, Making the Peace is a beginning, not an end. By addressing sensitive issues with respect, it models the important process of developing the skills that can help young people to build violence-free relationships.
PUBLICATION DETAILS
PUBLICATION DATE:
PAGES: 192
SIZE: 8-1/2 x 11
ILLUSTRATIONS: 15 b/w photos 35 reproducible handouts
INDEXED: Yes
BIBLIOGRAPY: Yes
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Paul Kivel has trained and conducted workshops for hundreds of adult men and thousands of teens. He has led a male incest offenders' group, helped set up batterer's groups, consulted preschool programs on raising children to be non-violent, and helped develop the Oakland Men's Project (OMP) community prevention program for teen men. He is also the author of MEN'S WORK: How to Stop the Violence That Tears Our Lives Apart, recently published by Hazelden. In addition to working with teens across the country, Paul is raising three children of his own.
Allan Creighton is the director of the Teen Program for Battered Women's Alternatives (BWA) in Concord, California, and is a co-founder of Men Overcoming Violence (MOVE), a group that counsels batterers. He produced My Girl, a video for teens speaking about issues of violence. He lectures frequently and trains domestic violence prevention workers statewide.
Together, Allan Creighton and Paul Kivel founded the Oakland Men's Project in 1979. Through their programs, men, women, and young people work together to build multicultural, community alliances which make it possible for all of us to find alternatives to violence. The unique program presented in Helping Teens Stop Violence was developed by Creighton and Kivel for use as a basis for their violence prevention work with teens nationwide.
Paul Kivel and Allan Creighton are co-founders of the Oakland Men's Project (OMP), the nationally acclaimed violence prevention organization, and co-authors of Young Men's Work and Helping Teens Stop Violence.
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