At a time when violent international conflict and the threat of extremism loom large, four high school teachers in Missouri, Montana, Oklahoma, and Florida have spent the last year taking part in a U.S. Institute of Peace program to help their students gain the knowledge, skills and perspectives they need to work toward a more peaceful world.

Three of USIP’s 2017 Peace Teachers will share how they advanced their students’ understanding of conflict and the possibilities of peace in ways that aligned with their existing curriculum. Their stories will reveal how students from very different communities across the U.S. make sense of the world and what they were inspired to do over the past year as part of this USIP program.

Participants:Nancy Lindborg, Welcoming RemarksPresident, U.S. Institute of Peace

Megan Chabalowski, IntroductionsProgram Officer, Public Education, U.S. Institute of Peace

Joanne Leedom-Ackerman, ModeratorAmerican novelist, short story writer and journalist, and Member, International Advisory Council, U.S. Institute of Peace

Amy CameronGrandview High School, Grandview, MO

Ezra ShearerSentinel High School, Missoula, MT

Maria ZelayaEastside High School, Gainesville, FL