Course Content

Course Overview

The Peace Education Program offers four courses, each providing material on the same 10 themes: Peace, Appreciation, Inner Strength, Self-Awareness, Clarity, Understanding, Dignity, Choice, Hope, and Contentment.

The course materials are drawn from Prem Rawat’s many international addresses, as well as from media interviews and interactions with a diverse range of people, and animated stories.

Accompanying print material for each course includes one-page articles for each theme, participant workbooks, and a facilitator guide.

In addition to the video material, each class provides an opportunity for participants’ oral expressions, written reflections, and/or interactive activities.

Course Descriptions

The varying length and presentation formats in the four Peace Education Program (PEP) courses provide variety and flexibility for each audience.

Below are descriptions of each of the four courses as well as a sample participant workbook and a sample video for your review.

PEP Collection

Description

PEP Collection is an excellent choice to introduce new participants to the Peace Education Program, and has proven effective for a variety of audiences who benefit from shorter sessions.

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PEP EDU

Description

The newest Peace Education Program course is being piloted in English at high schools and universities. Developed for students ages 18+

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PEP 1

Description

The videos for each theme run for approximately one hour. They include excerpts from Prem Rawat’s international addresses, as long as 30 minutes each, including special presentations to audiences as diverse as the European Union Parliament and inmate populations. A series of animated stories add humor and interest to the material. Overall, the hour-long array of videos offers participants the opportunity to listen more extensively to presentations on each theme.

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PEP 3

Description

The videos for each theme run approximately one hour. They include a brief bio of Prem Rawat and an overview of the work of The Prem Rawat Foundation, as well as animated stories. Of special interest are his visit and commencement address at United World College in Flekke, Norway; the Q&A at TSiBA University in Cape Town, South Africa; his address to boy scouts in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; and conversations with prison inmates, both male and female, in South Africa and Argentina.

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Sample Course Materials

Watch a selection of the content in each workshop.

Watch a sample of the workshop videos on the topic of peace

Endorsements

Education

"I recommend this program to you as an effective means to help increase the harmony within individuals and the community in which you serve."

Stephen J. Steurer, Ph.D.,

Executive Director Correctional Education Association

"The Peace Education Program ... led to a transformation in the behavior and attitude of the students"

Monica Yadira Torres Areila

Secretary of Education, Government of Atlantico; Barranquilla, Colombia

"We loved learning sessions and look forward to applying them to our personal and professional lives."

Anthony T.

CMR Institute of Technology; Bangalore, India

Corrections

"Inmates frequently describe the Peace Education Program as one of the best programs available. They look forward to attending the program and talking about the ways they utilize the tools provided in all aspects of daily life"

Stacie Benett

Deputy Superintendent for Program Services; Correctional and Community Supervision; New York State, USA

"The program has helped them cope with prison life and have a more positive outlook on life in general."

Ken Findlay

Division of Rehabilitative Services; Department of Corrections; State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations; Cranston, Rhode Island

"The behavior of those who attend the program has noticeably improved."

Captain Lorenzo Carter

Texas Department of Criminal Justice; Correctional Institutions Division; San Antonio, Texas, USA

"The support this Program continues to provide our staff is immeasurable."

Dena Hanley, PhD, Program Director

Domestic Violence Intervention Court, Summit County, Ohio, USA

"I can recommend the Peace Education Program with great pleasure to other correctional facilities and institutions which take an interest in the wellbeing of humans."

Head of Prison Brigadier General Peter BEVC

Correctional Facility Klagenfurt; Klagenfurt, Austria

"This programme has enlightened and empowered a lot of offenders to have peace within them and it also taught them to forgive other people. Some of them before the inception of the programme were always having conflict and anger within. After they attended the programme, they started to have peace."

TIVANI MAKASANE

Zonderwater Management Area: Gauteng Region; Correctional Services Department of the Republic of South Africa

"The course was deeply appreciated by the participating inmates and it was followed by them with keen interest."

I. MANNARELLA

Ministry of Justice, Department of the Penitentiary Administration; Venice, Italy

"The perfect place to plant a seed of hope and change is in a correctional facility."

Val Lamberti

Office of the Sheriff; Inmate Program Services; Buncombe County Detention Facility; Asheville, North Carolina

"I have personally observed the growth and inner peace residents have by completing this program."

Jeffrey Whiting; Assistant Superintendent

Georgia Department of Corrections; Atlanta Transitional Center; Atlanta, Georgia, USA

"The successful teaching patterns of this program provided by these volunteers helps benefit the attitudes of offenders, assist in curving their aggression and helps them in making decisions."

Robert Balli

Office of the Senior Warden; Texas Department of Criminal Justice; San Antonio, Texas, USA

"We will continue to work with the Peace Education Program to coordinate access to LASD inmates for participation in this positively impactful program."

Office of the Sheriff; Hall of Justice; County of Los Angeles; Los Angeles, California, USA

Community

"Several of the individuals have stated that they feel so much better after attending Peace Education classes."

Heather Orem MSW, Transitional Advocate, The Delores Project

The Delores Project; Shelter and Services for Homeless Women; Denver, Colorado, USA

"I was fortunate to attend many of the workshops and came away with tools that I believe will help me to tap that resource of inner peace that I know is there and within reach."

Gail Ellis

Fairway Branch Library; Sun City, Arizona, USA

"We would like to encourage all types of associations and organizations to implement this novel program that we consider beneficial for its participants."

Jesús L. Buitrago Calzado Regional Delegate in Navarre

National Organization of Spanish Blind People (ONCE); Regional Office; Navarre, Spain

Course Overview

The Peace Education Program offers four courses, each providing material on the same 10 themes: Peace, Appreciation, Inner Strength, Self-Awareness, Clarity, Understanding, Dignity, Choice, Hope, and Contentment.

Course Descriptions

PEP Collection

Description

Included

Time

Resources Required

PEP EDU

Description

Included

Time

Resources Required

PEP 1

Description

Included

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Resources Required

PEP 3

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Included

Time

Resources Required

Sample Course Materials

Endorsements

Education

Corrections

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