Little Friends for Peace is a Mom-Dad team dedicated to teaching non-violence skills to young children with playful skillbuilding activities by training their adult and teen leaders.

We believe that acts of violence from playground put-downs, to family fights, to street crime, to international conflicts build on each other, from the ground up, like a house constructed off-balance—over time and mostly unknowingly. The way to break down violence is to learn peace at an early age . . . and to practice it at every age.

So . . . our goal is simple: start early, take a few bricks out and put a few new bricks in their place. It can be fun and it can make a house new, strong and balanced.

The Trainers

Mary Joan and Jerry Park, parents of six and trained as teachers and family counselors, started Little Friends for Peace in 1981. They have trained thousands of children and caregivers through communities and agencies including:

• Perry School Community Service Center in Washington, DC.
  
  
• St. Bernard Elementary School in Riverdale, MD.
  
  
• Sakatcheway School in Grassy Narrows Reserve, Ontario
  
  
• Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington, VA.
  
  
• Boy Scout Troop #224 in Hyattsville, MD.
  
  
• Diocesan Schools of Palm Beach, FL.
  
  
• St. Mary's Church in Lorain, OH

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