Great Lakes PeaceJam

Welcome

Welcome to the official website for Great Lakes PeaceJam!

Great Lakes PeaceJam (GLPJ) is a regional affiliate of the PeaceJam Foundation. We are located in Kalamazoo, Michigan and service the states of Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Ohio. We offer programming for students grades K-12, college students, and incarcerated youth.

PeaceJam is an international education program built around Nobel Peace Prize winners who work personally with youth to pass on the spirit, skills, and wisdom they embody.
The goal of PeaceJam is to inspire a new generation of peacemakers who will transform their local communities, themselves, and the world.
Youth ages 5-25 study the lives and work of one or several Nobel Peace Laureates while going through a curriculum exploring violence, oppression, isms, peace and nonviolence, and the Nobel Peace Prize.
The students work together to create a Global Call to Action service learning project to make their community and the world more peaceful and a better place in which to live.

Lakeview PeaceJam Rock for Haiti

The Lakeview High School PeaceJam club will be putting on a rock show with many local bands joining Peace Jam's cause to help Haiti. Currently Haiti is in desperate need for disaster relief. From the lack of clean water, food and all of the destruction violence has become a major problem for the Haitians. Their concert has all proceeds going to the Red Cross to help make sure clean water and food are sent to Haiti to help feed those who have lost everything, or to help pay for medical aid for those who were hurt during the earthquake. So come rock out to help Haiti!

TICKETS ARE ONLY 5 DOLLARS!
They are pre-selling tickets and are also selling tickets at the door!

Bands:
DropSick
Paul Freeburn School Of Music
Hail Of Fire
Lykin
Man Unkind
Xit18

The concert will be held at:

192 Angell St,

Battle Creek MI

4-11pm on Febuary 14th!

Loy Norrix student wins Racial Justice Youth Award

William Foster a Loy Norrix PeaceJam student has been awarded a Racial Justice Youth Award this week.

Foster, a frequent volunteer, "has 'pushed himself to overcome personal obstacles' to achieve success. An active member of Peace Jam, his nomination described Foster as 'the most sought-after mentor' in a program that works with elementary youths."

Congratulations to William!

All of us at Great Lakes PeaceJam and the PeaceJam family are very proud of you!

for the whole article read here.

William Foster

New PeaceJam Foundation Website

The official PeaceJam Foundation website (www.peacejam.org) has been completely redesigned and it is sharp! We encourage you to check out the new site as soon as possible and begin using it for your club. One major change you should be aware of is that the Global Call to Action website has been integrated into the new PeaceJam Foundation website. If you had previously registered yoru GCA service project(s) at globalcalltoaction.org you will need to register with PeaceJam.org

Cool Features of the new website include:

My PeaceJam. Registered usesers will find a user box with the following functions: newsfeed, inbox, profile, blogging, message boars, projects, galleries (photos and videos), and events.
Interactive event pages. The website archives events you have participated in, reminds you of upcoming events, and allows you to register for events.
Improved GCA pages. The best new feature in our opinion is "project bumping." In the past, a registered GCA project could get lost in the ongoing newsreel as new projects were registered. Now, any update you make to a project "bumps" it to the top of the recent project list.
Affiliate pages. The Great Lakes affiliate has its own page on the PeaceJam website. Our staff will be posting frequently to our page about upcoming events and uploading photos from conferences and service projects.
Complete interactivity. The new website ties all aspects of club involvement to each other and to other clubs. You will be able to link photos to events, GCA projects to your clubs and talk to other clubs.
Individualized user access. The website will act differently depending on whether a student, an advisor, a volunteer, or a staff member registers.

Everyone should register and use peacejam.org frequently. It is a wonderful resource and allows us to maintain contact, develop new ideas, and create new relationships.

We hope to see you online soon!