LIVE TRAININGS
Research shows that providing education, training, and mentoring in extra-curricular settings is essential to build cultures of peace.
NewGen Peacebuilders partners with school districts, universities, and cities to offer various program experiences for young people and adults alike.
Click on each of the live training descriptions below to learn more.
Visit In the Classroom to learn more about Youth & Peace in Action curriculum units available to K-12 educators.
Immersion Workshops
Multi-week, extracurricular program delivered during the course of a high school or university semester. Through workshops, digital readings and resources, guest speakers, and mentoring, participants learn peacebuilding frameworks and best practices, tools for activating compassion, and project management skills. Completion of team peace projects leads to certification as a NewGen Peacebuilder.
Accelerator Summits
A 3-day intensive, interactive program for up to 300 participants that generates initial peace project ideas
Community Dialogues
Young people and adults come together for facilitated dialogue to 1) start or build on efforts underway to create a sense of unity between youth and adults regarding ways to reduce violence and increase peace; and 2) collaboratively and collectively identify one or more projects that can be worked on to help achieve the goal.
Virtual Programs
Live, virtual, interactive workshops enable participants from different schools and towns to form project teams. Students in an Interact or other youth club can register for the experience which includes 15 hours of live interactive, virtual training facilitated by trained peace educators. Coaches/mentors provide feedback on peace project ideas.
Professional Development
Interactive workshops for educators who want to incorporate peace education in their classrooms