Hope for the Future: by Jordan Goldwarg, K4P Northwest Director
Despite the difficult and complicated history, the trip also affirmed my belief that people are capable of working together to solve the conflict and that people want peace in the region. When I see...
View ArticleMarathoning for Peace
K4P Northwest Regional Director Jordan Goldwarg and Sam McVeety at the finish line of the Sunriver Marathon. by Jordan Goldwarg, K4P Northwest Regional Director Earlier this summer, Sam McVeety and I...
View ArticleWhat if Trading Cards Could Change the World?
How can we take the message of Kids4Peace and bring it to a larger audience? How can games and competition be used to build empathy? Can trading cards really change the world? On March 22, the youth of...
View ArticleK4P Seattle: Please, Keep Talking Behind My Back!
by Pam Orbach, Kids4Peace Seattle Dialogue Facilitator It’s been a wonderful first year of Kids4Peace in Seattle. The gift I have experienced as dialogue facilitator has been to watch our 13-year-old...
View ArticleGiving Thanks in Seattle
by Emily Holm, Kids4Peace Intern Eagerly awaiting our kids, at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. After a record-breaking Northwest heat wave, it seemed as though the sky gave a sigh of relief on...
View ArticleA Weekend in the Life of Kids4Peace Seattle
by Jordan Goldwarg, K4P Northwest Regional Director There are times when the life of Kids4Peace gets so busy that time seems to warp in a way that allows us to do more than we ever thought possible....
View ArticleStanding in Solidarity in Seattle
by Sarah Rose, K4P Seattle Counselor Kids4Peace Seattle’s overnight last weekend was one for the books! It was filled with laughter, fun, and bonding between the first and second year participants. We...
View ArticleLessons from the Lotus Pond
by Hannah Hochkeppel, K4P Seattle Program Director An Evangelical Christian Pastor, a Unitarian Minister, a Buddhist Monk, and a Jewish Business Woman walk in to a room … and it is not the beginning of...
View ArticleMay Marathons4Peace
Peacebuilding is a marathon. Our brave young peacebuilders in Jerusalem and the United States spend six years in Kids4Peace, building the skills and community they need to help heal our divided...
View ArticleSpeaking Up for What’s Right
By Jordan Goldwarg, Northwest Regional Director In Kids4Peace, we encourage our youth to be leaders, and one powerful way of exercising leadership is by speaking up for what you believe in. This is...
View ArticleFinding Common Ground in Seattle
by Jordan Goldwarg, Northwest Regional Director On Sunday, May 8, Kids4Peace Seattle held its first joint activity with students at Noor Academy, the Sunday school of the Muslim Association of Puget...
View ArticleRosetta stones, ocarinas, and a whole lot of Kids4Peace Magic!
“It’s like these charts are Rosetta Stones for our identities.” So said one of the participants at the Kids4Peace Seattle fall retreat. We had just completed an activity in which every participant...
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