What Students Learn:
The Goal of the Student Interfaith Peace Project is to have students:
- Develop active listening and effective dialogue skills
- Learn principles of negotiating peace and conflict resolution
- Learn the cultural heritage and traditions of other students
- Learn religious beliefs of Jews, Christians, and Muslims
- Explore multiple prespectives of the Israel/Palestinian situation with a focus on reconciliation
- Be exposed to various peace efforts aimed to end the Iraeli/Palestinian conflict
- Interact directly with Israeli and Palestinian teenagers
- Travel with a group to Israel and Palestine to explore current peace efforts
- Become Peacemakers in their communities