The Friends Journal, a publication produced by the Friends Publishing Corporation, an independent Quaker nonprofit organization, recently released its 2nd annual Student Voices Project this April. The themes of the project this year were Peace, Conflict and Justice. Students were provided with eight different prompts with which to consider in their responses: Story Time, Ponder, Get Involved, Inspiration (with a list of quotes from peacemakers), Imagine, Interview, Visual Arts, and Photography.
The essays, stories, poems, photograph and art pieces of students included in the publication are thoughtful and give an encouraging picture of what a well-established and well-facilitated peace education program can lead to in the lives of students.
The many-mediums format of the students’ community response to Peace, Conflict and Justice also makes it an especially viable option for language teachers. Without the pressure to only send a writing piece, or only an art piece, students of all abilities and levels could contribute equally to such a project; it provides them with a chance to both practice their language skills in creative ways and reflect on peace.
See the entire 2nd Annual Student Voices Project here.
Questions to ponder:
* How can we create opportunities for community responses to peace and conflict issues for our language students in a way that everyone can take part?
* How might something like the Student Voices Project look in your classroom and context?
Language for Peace Forum 
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