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Segment 1: Education for a Peace-Full Culture.
On this edition of The Doug Noll Show our guest is Jacqueline Haessly, founder of Peacemaking Associates and author of Peacemaking: Family Activities for Justice and Peace, Vols. 1 and 2. Within her peacemaking practice Jacqueline educates and empowers people of all ages to value, image, and act to preserve a culture of peace in all arenas of human endeavor. She has a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Studies from The Union Institute and University and offers presentations and workshops on Peacemaking for Families; Imaging Peace; Transformational Leadership; Weaving a Culture of Peace; Franciscan Values and the Art of Peacemaking.
Jacqueline’s peacemaking journey began in 1971, at the height of the Vietnam War, when she was involved with an anti-war peace education committee through the Quaker Friends. She quickly realized she not only wanted to be anti-war, but also wanted to promote a peaceful culture.
Segment 2: Peace, Defined.
Jacqueline believes that peace begins with the fundamental relationships between people. She educates people on how to foster better relationships, especially with children. She says the secret is to start by creating an affirming and cooperative and respectful environment.
Jacqueline defines peace as a presence: a peaceful relationship with ourselves, with each other, across nations and regions, with all of creation and a higher power.
Segment 3: Competition.
So how do we help kids navigate a world where competition is everything? Jacqueline is consistently impressed with the number of school kids making a real effort to reduce violence. She finds children are often the ones taking a leadership role in creating safe havens for their classmates and communities.
Doug points out that we need to balance desire to live with the value of peace against the need to protect ourselves against exploitation. In tai chi they teach you: the softer you are, the stronger you are, the more vulnerable you are, the more powerful you are.
Segment 4: The Critical Thinking Link.
Within the last few decades we have stopped investing in critical thinking education in our schools, so we have an entire generation who use ideology in place of critical thinking. Kids need to be taught how to have discernment and weigh out different options before making decisions.
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