The focus of PeaceBuilders is to reinvent a sense of community through a common vocabulary, and a common goal of peace. Click here to see the effect PeaceBuilders has had on the community in Salinas!



What is PeaceBuilders?

PeaceBuilders is a research driven total climate change for school, home workplaces and communities.

PeaceBuilders...

*Is a set of tools, prescriptions, ideas and resources to reduce violence and aggression and enhance the feelings of belonging and safety.

*Is a daily commitment to language which creates a standard of behavior. The standard creates positive peer pressure to maintain the high standards.


*Sets clear limits on negative beahavior with the obligation to right the wrong.

*Reduces cues that trigger aggression and increases a sense of belonging and safety.

*Provides a system for children to hear high rates of hourly praise for work and behavior -building intrinsic motivation.

*Makes children and those who care for them heroes for building peace and being wise.

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