A Special Message & Tribute from Janet Gerson, IIPE Education Director

Human Dignity & Humiliation Studies Award Presentation, December 7, 2018. (Left to Right) Linda Hartling, Janet Gerson, David Tribich, Betty Reardon, & Evelin Lindner. Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY.

Imagine being born on the exact same day as Anne Frank, but, knowing that you, in contrast, were surviving World War II by growing up in the leafy safety of a New York town…

Imagine being a girl raised in times when the most independence you could get was from being a school teacher and (though glamorously attractive) by dodging marriage…

Imagine witnessing Eleanor Roosevelt lead the deliberations among a distinguished global group of men and women who formulated the Universal Declaration of Human Rights…

Come meet the inspiration that is Dr. Betty Reardon, visionary, original thinker, scholar, educator, peace activist extraordinaire, who has illuminated the potential of women and men and youth toward a future of peaceful, coordinated, healthy global and local communities.

Join us on June 15, 2019 for a celebration of Betty on the occasion of her 90^th birthday as well as the launch of Exploring Betty A. Reardon's Perspective on Peace Education: Looking Back, Looking Forward, Dale Snauwaert’s edited book demonstrating how her work has influenced generations dedicated to educating and activism toward a more peaceful future.

If you are unable to be in New York, please know that your donations in honor of Dr. Betty Reardon will support her continuing work through the International Institute on Peace Education.

- Janet Gerson
IIPE Education Director
April 22, 2019

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June 15, 2019

Fordham Law School, New York City

Festive Book Launch and Reception: 4:00-6:00pm

(Free – RSVP requested)

Supper & Entertainment: 6:30-8:30pm

(ticketed event – estimated cost $40-50 – rsvp to receive a link to purchase dinner tickets)

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Please consider giving to the “$90K for 90” campaign!

Please consider a contribution to our special fundraising initiative (culminating on Betty's Birthday!) to support the sustainability of the International Institute on Peace Education (IIPE) and the Global Campaign for Peace Education (GCPE). The IIPE and GCPE were both founded by Betty Reardon.

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Read the series: “Issues and Themes in 6 Decades of Peacelearning: Examples from the Work of Betty Reardon”

“Issues and Themes in 6 Decades of Peacelearning” is a series of posts by Betty Reardon supporting our “$90k for 90” campaign honoring Betty’s 90th year of life and seeking to create a sustainable future for the Global Campaign for Peace Education and International Institute on Peace Education (see this special message from Betty).

This series explores Betty’s lifetime of work in peace education through three cycles; each cycle introducing a special focus of her work. These posts, including comments from Betty, highlight, and share selected resources from her archives.

Cycle 1 features Betty’s efforts from the 1960s through the ‘70s focused on developing peace education for schools:

Post 1: “Let Us Examine Our Attitude toward Peace”
Post 2: Teaching about Peacekeeping and Alternative Security Systems
Post 3: Law as an Instrument of Peace: “War Criminals: War Victims”
Post 4: Social Education for Human Survival

Cycle 2 features Betty’s efforts from the ’80s and ‘90s, a period highlighted by the internationalization of the peace education movement, the formation of the academic field, the articulation of Comprehensive Peace Education and the emergence of gender as an essential element in peace education:

Post 5: Militarism and Sexism: Influences on Education for War
Post 6: Making Peace a Real Possibility: Video Interview with Betty Reardon (1985)
Post 7: Tolerance - the Threshold of Peace