Youth Program Stories


Peace Ed Has a “Gigantic Impact”

It means something when a volunteer offers his or her time over a period of several decades to an organization. Lee Beckhusen, retired Presbyterian minister and Peace Ed’s board of directors chair, became acquainted with Peace Ed nearly two decades ago. After an initial six-year term on the board, she […]


Navigators Helps Direct Path of Teens

Life isn’t always a smooth path; most of us go through periods in our lives when we need the support of others to get through. The critical pre-teen and early teenage years can be especially rough, and it is why the Navigators program Peace Education Program is focused on young […]


Protect Mental Health With School Reopenings

Like an onion, the mental health challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic to school-aged children are layered. While it seems clear that non-traditional instruction (NTI) isn’t giving children everything they need, the changes that schools have to make to ensure safe in-person education are likely to cause their own set of […]