Rebecca JankeCo-authors, and co-directors of Growing Communities for Peace, Rebecca Janke, M.Ed and Julie Penshorn, MBC, are thought leaders within the children's peace education field. They have had a fascinating journey, beginning with a focus on conflict resoltion skills education, complete with hands-on-learning tools, and now introducing children's books and music along with a blog-based approach to the creation of a culture of peace. The ChildrensPeaceEducationCompany.com online learning site provides selected original and curated resources in the areas of peacemaking, peacebuilding and peacekeeping, the three pillars for growing a culture of peace. The primary focus of Children's Peace Education Company is writing young children's stories through the inspiration of advanced peace education topics usually reserved for adults. This allows children to get an early start, when these concepts and ways of thinking can become part of who they are. In addition, the site provides material focused on parenting matters, pedagogic excellence, art of dialogue, curriculum infusion techniques, and examples of peace of in action. It began in 1990, when Rebecca was the owner and director of a private Montessori PreK-3rd grade school that became uniquely known in the region of Western Wisconsin for its specialty in peace education. Inspired by Gandhi and Montessori who believed that if we are to have real peace in the world we must begin with children, she trained her staff of 10 to infuse peace education principles into existing curriculum. Rebecca has continued as a peace educator since then in many capacities including as the President of Minnesota Alliance of Peacemakers and a thought leader and valued contributor as a mentor for teachers. Read More Read Less