Fall 2009 Packet                   Letter to Friends of CEASE Recent Activities UN Convention on Rights of the Child Altenatives to Screen Time Ceasework is Peacework CEASE at NAEYC since 1979 CEASE at NAEYC 2009 NAEYC 2009 Recomendations Back to Who We Are

In 1979, at the NAEYC Conference in Atlanta, Peggy Schirmer and others founded CEASE as a network of parents, teachers and other concerned individuals dedicated to creating a safe world for children.

CEASE WORKSHOPS and SEMINARS at NAEYC

1981 “Nuclear Radiation, Our Children’s Legacy”
1983 “Nuclear Anxiety – Ways of Responding to Children’s Fear of the Bomb”
1984 “Excellence in Peace Education:  What Is It and How We Do It!”
1985 “Children of the Nuclear Age.  Can We be Proud of Our Response to Their Needs?”
1986 “Star Wars, Stars , and The Future of Children” 
1987 “Peace:  A Whole Family Issue”
1988 “Working together to Discover Alternatives to War Play”
1989 “How Are We Socializing our Children? – For Violence or for Caring and Empowerment?”
1990 “Violent Media for Children:  What’s in it for Them?”
1991 “TV As a Socializing Agent in Gender, Power, and Violence”
1992 “Exploring Messages of Race, Gender, and Class in Society.”
1993 “Violence in our Schools:  Understanding the Problem and What Teachers Can Do.  Making Connections”
1994 & 1995 “Listening to Understanding Violence:  From the Voices of Youth”
1996 “Overcoming Violence:  Looking at History, Teaching Today, Transforming Tomorrow”
1997 “Overcoming Violence:  Rethinking Columbus & Other Myths of Race & Power in Early Childhood Education”
1998 “Casting a Critical Eye:  Racism and Social Injustice in ECE.  The Teacher’s Role as Activist and          Advocate”
1999 “Early Childhood Educators as Activists”
2000 “CEASE Forum Offers Support for Children, Families and Teachers to Meet Today’s Challenges”
2001 “Children in Harm’s Way – Identifying Environmental Toxins that Threaten Children’s Health and Development”
2002 “The Commercial Culture of Children”
2003 “Teaching Young Children in Violent Times”
2004 “Spare the Rod:  Perspectives on Discipline”
2005 “Putting Children First:  Teachers and Parents Want a Department of Peace”
2006 “Stop Stealing Childhood:  Confronting Threats to Healthy Development and Learning”
2007 “Children and War:  Working Together to Counteract the Harm War Causes Children”
2008 “Developing ‘Green’ and Socially Responsible Children:  Voices for Creating Change”
2009 “CEASE’s 30th Anniversary Seminar:  Media On, Media Off - Ways to Promote Children’s Positive Development”

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