Mission Statement
To help create a more peaceful world, our mission is to help schools to be safer places, free from bullying and harassment, and to help youth learn positive relational skills like empathy, respect, cooperation, and how to resolve conflicts peacefully.
Impact and Programs
Accomplishments
Donors to PeaceMaker Minnesota creates a less violent, more peaceful world, by helping youth to stop bullying, to be more kind, and talk through conflicts. Last year donors made it possible for 5,702 students to be served at 61 unduplicated schools. 25 schools with Safe School Initiatives; 27 with Books for Peacemakers; 17 with Ambassadors for Respect, and 7 with Peace Guide services. Indicators of donor impact include 1) 96% of teachers agreed or strongly agreed that the Peace Guides helped students to be better friends, and 96% agreed or strongly agreed the Peace Guides helped students resolve conflicts peacefully; 2) As a result of the Ambassadors for Respect bullying prevention training that they participated in, 98% of fourth graders reported that they could list three ways to include others, 95% that they learned how to use Person First Language, and 94% could list three ways to advocate for oneself and others. 100% of teachers responded that they would like their class to receive an Ambassadors for Respect training next year. 2,087 children in grades K – 3 read, discussed, wrote about and received books about how to talk through difference, the importance of standing up for oneself and others, how to make and be a friend, and how to overcome teasing in a positive way.
Current Goals
Our goal remains to create a less violent, more peaceful world, by helping youth to stop bullying, to be more kind, and to talk through conflicts. Our goal is to reach 45 schools through our four services. The reduction in the number of schools is due to the goal to increase the number of Peace Guides we employ to work at schools on a nearly daily basis. Our intended outcomes are similar to last year: 1) For teachers to indicate that student behavior and the learning environment at their school improved as a result of student behavior, 2) that youth will indicate that they have learned healthy problem-solving skills; 3) that 90% or more of teachers will indicate that their students’ Ambassadors for Respect training was successful in meeting its three objectives (for students to learn to include others, to use Person First Language, and to advocate for themselves and others) and that they would like their class to receive an Ambassadors for Respect training next year; and 4) that 90% or more of fourth graders participating in an Ambassadors for Respect bullying prevention training indicate that can list three ways to include others, that they learned how to use Person First Language, and that they can list three ways to advocate for oneself and others.
Community or Constituency Served
K-12 schools in Minnesota.
Geographic Area Served
Minnesota
