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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.
Meet our staff:
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Eileen Blanton has been the Executive Director since 2003. Prior to accepting the postion she was the lead trainer for Peace Education Program. Eileen has 29 years experience teaching conflict resolution to youth and adults. She is passionate about creating safe places throughout our schools and neighborhoods where youth and adults can solve their problems nonviolently. Since becoming director, she has been instrumental in increasing the level of fundraising and visibility of Peace Education Program in the community. Click here to email Eileen. |
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Carrie Christensen joined the staff in 1999 with a Masters of Education in Conflict Resolution. She is presently the Coordinator of School Programming where she facilitates conflict resolution workshops for preschool through college age students. Carrie implemented the Cooperative Games Workshops for adults and has created a conflict resolution curriculum for grades K - 5. She is developing a preschool program in partnership with Squallis Puppetters.
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Ramzi Sabree is a former childhood participant in the programming provided by Peace Ed. He is now Peace Ed's Coordinator of Navigators Programming and Evaluations. Ramzi has been a valued member of our staff and currently his work consists of coordinating our Navigators mentoring program and analyzing all of the data collected.
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Janene Shakir joined the Peace Education Program staff in 1995 and trained 500 gang involved youth and their friends in peer mediation. She developed our Community Institute - a three day training in prejudice reduction and conflict resolution. She is presently the Coordinator of Community Programs. Janene also established Peace Education Program's Pride Without Prejudice youth leadership group. Click here to email Janene. |
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Completing our staff is Paula Daugherty (left), our office manager and Susan Miller (right) our
bookkeeper. Both Paula and Susan bring knowledge and expertise to Peace Education Program
that they obtained from working in the corporate sector. Click here to email the office. | |
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