Our Mission
Strengthen families and teens by intentionally creating a space of belonging, both together and apart, to understand and transform conflict by increasing self-awareness and accountability in the relationships that matter most.
After-School Programs
Outward Leadership in the Classroom
Summer Program
Who We Serve
Evening Workshops
At-Home Resources & Tools
Organizational Trainings
Public Trainings
Nonprofit Partnerships
Skills We Cover
COLLABORATION
SELF-AWARENESS
COMPASSION
CONFLICT RESOLUTION
SELF-WORTH
RELATIONSHIP BUILDING
EMPATHY
LEADERSHIP
COMMUNICATION
ACCOUNTABILITY
RESILIENCY
EMPOWERMENT
After-School Program Structure
Self-Awareness & Mindset
Conflict Management & Resolution
Family Support
Sure, the skills and concepts sound nice. But how does it actually work? Here’s a quick breakdown of the program structure to give you a better idea of the curriculum and tools participants use to apply to real-world challenges.
Weeks 1-4
Weeks 5-8
Post-Program
Based on material from the Arbinger Institute’s Choose Well curriculum, this segment of the program helps teens work through and discover their place and purpose in the world. Participants learn how a change in mindset can affect every relationship around them—and how self-deception can be our biggest obstacle to a meaningful life.
Participants learn about conflict styles, management, and resolution using the principles of Chad Ford’s Dangerous Love curriculum. The relationships in our lives that are most difficult to navigate with empathy are often the most critical to do so. This segment builds on the concepts of mindset, self-deception, and collusion discussed in prior weeks and takes them a step further by providing applications for sticky situations.
You’ve learned the material—now what? The final sessions provide resources for participants to take the material and language back to their families and friends. Teens will also receive sustainer tips for keeping the tools they’ve learned sharp and in use. Some programs will also offer a joint teen-parent/guardian workshop and celebration as the culminating session.
Activities
Life Map
Finding Your Purpose
Monkey-in-the-Middle
Balderdash
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Activities
Competitive Games
Reverse Charades
Conflict Metaphors
Bridge Building Exercise
Friendship Bracelets
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Activities
Board games
Joint family activities
Parent resources
How is the parent program different?
The 6-week parent program is meant to serve as a companion course for the teen curriculum. Although it is not a requirement that participating families have a teen go through a Project PEACE course themselves, it’s highly encouraged. Doing so maximizes the potential impact the programs could have on your family, giving everyone a shared language and toolkit to explore.
And while many of the same concepts and tools are explored, the focus and applications are appropriately adjusted to fit different age groups and familial roles. The first three weeks of the parent program are based upon the Arbinger Institute’s Living with an Outward Mindset curriculum, while the latter half borrows concepts from Chad Ford’s Dangerous Love. Both modules are specifically crafted with adults (specifically parents) in mind.
Upcoming events
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