Name: Protesting for Peace
Uploaded: 2023-10-14T04:29:51Z
Description: Join in zoom for short planning session on how to run a local film of the World Peace Game documentary as part of "Protesting for Peace"

Protesting for Peace

The Learning Street / VH/ Vienna Happiness Project

Join in zoom for short planning session on how to run a local film of the World Peace Game documentary as part of "Protesting for Peace"

Hietzing, Vienna, Austria

Protesting FOR PeaceIn the film Bug's Life below we find that the many ants are suppressed by the few Grasshoppers. M﻿any of us want Peace. Some are prepared to fight, some to protest, some to support. We are <a href="https://protesting4peace.mystrikingly.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Protesting4Peace</a>M﻿other Theresa herself said she WOULD attend an event FOR Peace. - saying “I was once asked why I don't participate in anti-war demonstrations. I said that I will never do that, but as soon as you have a pro-peace rally, I'll be there.” ― Mother Teresa

What tools are there that support the achievement of Peace? O﻿ne of the best tools we have seen available is the World Peace Game. It is featured in "World Peace and Other 4th-Grade Achievements". This is a one-hour documentary on John Hunter, a fourth-grade teacher in Charlottesville, Virginia and his students as they participate in Hunter's remarkable educational exercise the World Peace Game. The film has played in festivals around the world, has been broadcast in several countries and was aired to over 85% of the US on public television between 2012-2014. It also supports Hunter's World Peace Game Foundation work, and has had special screenings at the Pentagon, the United Nations, the Aspen Institute's Ideas Festivals,and several universities, educational conferences and schools throughout the world. In October 2022 it opened the week-long 20th Global Peace Film Festival.

I﻿n essence, we are seeking venues and partners ( schools, companies, organisations ) to run a local session or more of the film here <a href="https://vimeo.com/ondemand/60062/151550332" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://vimeo.com/ondemand/60062/151550332</a> W﻿e are proposing to <a href="https://vimeo.com/ondemand/60062/151550332" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">list the events in a format similar to this</a>You can hear more from John in the interview <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKIdMJbC3i8" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a>, where he is interviewed about the game and his <a href="https://www.amazon.com/World-Peace-Other-4th-Grade-Achievements/dp/0547905599/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1349185655&sr=1-1&keywords=world+peace+and+other+4th+grade+achievements" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">book</a>. A﻿s you may know, the Transcript option in Youtube enables you to jump forward and backward as well as read the text as it goes, sample here-&gt;Transcript:-0:00this is a CBS News special report from0:03Washington here is Walter Cronkite0:05good evening the Smitty summit at Camp0:08David is over and Israel and Egypt have0:11agreed to two documents taking a giant0:13step toward achieving peace in their0:15troubled corner of the world Israel has0:17agreed to end its military government on0:20the west bank of the Jordan River and to0:22permit Palestinians self-rule there0:24within five years and to the Gulf from0:26the Sinai and to establish normal0:29relations with Egypt that historic0:32moment in 1978 inspired a Virginia0:35fourth grade teacher he decided to teach0:37his students about global conflict John0:40Hunter created the world peace game it's0:41a hands-on exercise kids have given the0:44chance to resolve disputes now the0:46educator has written a book it's called0:47world peace and other fourth-grade0:49achievements welcome thank you thank you0:51all tell us about how this world peace0:54game works and what you hope will come0:57out of it oh my gosh you know it's a0:59four foot by four foot by four foot1:01plexiglass tower it towers over my nine1:04year olds and they're charged with1:06solving 50 of the world's most difficult1:08problems that are interlocked and they1:10have to do it without combat if possible1:11these nine year olds read sins is the1:14art of war to get a primer for that sort1:16of experience and hopefully they're1:18trying to develop critical and creative1:19thinking skills that can really make a1:21difference for all of us in the future1:23well when why do you choose that book1:25the art of war you have a whole theory1:27behind why you want them to read that1:28book you know I do now but I didn't1:30choose it one of the nine year olds came1:32in with a book and said you know my1:33mother is a businesswoman she reads this1:34every night mister I think we should use1:36it in the game so we discussed it and1:38they decided we should have this in the1:40game so we read a little bit every every1:41game session we start we read a little1:43bit from that and every game has a1:44saboteur that's what I thought was so1:46interesting and the kids never know who1:48quote the bad guy why do you do that1:50well we find the kid who's the1:51troublemaker these are the one that's1:53always in the office and we use that1:54skill set for the good of all I asked1:57that child to please try and save the1:59world solve all 50 interlocking problems2:01raise the asset value of every country2:03so everybody can win2:05and at the same time through ambiguities2:07irrelevant sees misinformation2:08misdirection try and destroy the entire2:10enterprise we all know that person is2:13there we don't know who it is we've got2:14to use our critical thinking more2:15acutely to find out what's really going2:17on2:18John this is so brilliant and and my2:20hats off to you for doing this and what2:22are the kids say I mean we're you must2:24hear the most incredible things and2:26solutions come from these young minds2:28I do and you know the thing that really2:31strikes me is every game session they2:33always want to make sure everyone's okay2:36they want compassion they want to2:39decrease suffering they decide I don't2:41have to preach it I don't have to teach2:43it it evolves through the structure of2:45this simulation and their natural2:47inclination to help each other and2:48perhaps that's one lesson that adults2:50can learn2:50are there other lessons that adults can2:52learn from what the kids do and2:54experience and say well I think that's2:56primary but really the great thing is we2:58take a pause in the game we have a space3:00an empty space where they can do some3:02reflection you know in our society today3:04things are so speeded definitely hardly3:06have time to reflect on anything so a3:08bill reflection in allow them to find3:11out what it may be within themselves3:13first and then apply it and share with3:15others can you have actually taking the3:17kids to the Pentagon where they've3:18gotten to meet Leon Panetta they've met3:20generals what is the interaction between3:22the two sides what what do they tell you3:24there that is imagine how I must feel so3:28we're invited there's 75 people in3:29depending on policy side military side3:31all work together to make this day3:33happen for the students and it was just3:35thrilling ﻿3:35you know heartstrings were tug children3:37were excited they had policy questions3:39they were treated as peer to peer in3:41relationships discussing policy not a3:43photo-op we want to really know what3:45these nine year olds thinking how they3:46actually achieved peace it was a3:48beautiful experience an amazing3:49experience I bet they liked it at the3:51Pentagon as well3:54marking density the head of the Joint3:55Chiefs of Staff oh wow gave them a3:57special honor mr. Panetta spent an extra3:59time with him took off his coat in his4:00office and what do the parents tell you4:03that their kids got out of this you know4:05the parents say my children want to4:07clean up the room they want to take care4:09of their pets they seem to be a little4:10nicer to their siblings like that yeah4:12they're a little bit more critical about4:13issues that concern us all they're more4:16delighted and interested about helping4:18you doing good work it's called world4:21peace and other four great achievements4:23it's on sale now

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