The Foundation for Peace, Tolerance, and Non-Violence
WORKING TO INSTILL POSITIVE IDEAS AND VALUES
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The principles and concepts for materials, programs, and activities
• Promote peace, tolerance, non-violence, pluralism, and respect for differences
• Teach people to cope with change in a positive way
• Popularize the teachings of non-violent change advocates
• Reflecting on personalities such as:
– Gandhi
– Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
– Nelsen Mandela
– Find Islamic non-violent personalities that are global and National such as Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, Jinnah, and Mohammad Iqbal in Southeast Asia
• Give Lecture and Talks on the ideas of Peace, Tolerance, and Non-Violence • Conduct discussions and activities to highlight Peace, Tolerance, and Non-Violence concepts at Islamic centers • Create documents, posters, brochures and other materials on the ideas of Peace, Tolerance, and Non-Violence and provide to Islamic Centers, Mosques, and Islamic Schools in America • Create a Youth Leadership • House and disseminate copies of books, letters, and other documents related to non-violent figures in the past and in the present at Mosque and Islamic Center Libraries • Create a Peace Youth Leadership Academy Create the Children's Peace Museum in the cities of operation
Outreach in American Cities
There are over 7 million Muslims living in America according to the Council for American Islamic Relations. There is now a mosque or Islamic Center in every city in the United States. In large cities there are multiple mosques, Islamic Centers, and Islamic Schools. We will reach out to all of these Islamic institution and embed the ideas of Peace, Tolerance, and Non-Violence among Youths and Young Adults
Model it after the Kids Peace Center in Independence, Missouri. See below:
http://childrenspeacecenter.homestead.com/
How the Center will promote peace, tolerance, and non-violence?
• Popularize the lives and teachings of these great prophets of non-violence
• House and disseminate copies of books, letters, and other documents related to non-violent figures in the past and in the present
• Create a Youth Leadership Academy
• Promote the creation of books (specially for children), movies, documentaries, on these topics
• Arrange competitions about these figures and topics:
• Essay, Speech, Debate, poetry, and other art forms
Hold competitions at the elementary, middle, high school, and university level
Work to add the lives of these figures and their teachings in K-12 curriculum and test books Additional and Future Projects • Setup a sustaining foundation • Establish a permanent building with unique architecture • Set up a leadership institute in the US in collaboration with a University to teach these values to young upcoming and current leaders from the target countries around the world • Establish a Peace Scholars Program • Produce Movies, Books, Documentaries • Create Wax replicas for key figures, Framed important documents, and Inspiring Posters • Document replicas such as the Bill of Rights or the Magna Carta to hand out to visitors and at events • Create a Peace Prize for each country and model it after the Nobel Peace Prize (e.g. Pakistan Peace Prize)