Whether you represent a formal organization, or wish to gather a group of friends and colleagues, your team will be guided in establishing a PEACEPORT OFFICE in your church, community, or spiritual center. The PEACEPORT OFFICE is simply an activated “node” that will hold and coordinate our new resources for Seasons for Peace And Nonviolence (S.P.A.N.), more specifically the Youth PEACEPORT Program. It can take many forms, depending on your situation. It might be a physical space, a group of people, a place on the internet, or evolve into a fully-fledged ministry or department within your organization that is continuously in touch with a larger network of United Citizens of the Human Spirit.
Who runs the PEACEPORT Office?
The key element of the PEACEPORT Office is that it embodies the empowering spirit of the PEACEPORT Programs by turning to the youth for guidance. Teens and young adults serve as PEACEPORT Officers, the coordinators of the office activities. Their role is to coordinate and oversee PEACEPORT Programs in their community, promote the Program to schools/churches/community groups in their area, distribute PEACEPORT materials, and provide support for groups engaged in the Program.
The idea behind the PEACEPORT Office is to empower youth to take an active role
in bringing about a culture of peace and nonviolence. The “Now Generation” has so
many tools and abilities to be effective organizers, and the PEACEPORT Office gives
them a chance to fill that role. The target group for PEACEPORT Officers is the
young adult age range of 17-30. However, with a little more guidance, high schoolers
in your youth community could also succeed in this role.
What does the PEACEPORT Office Do?
The PEACEPORT Officers serve as organizers and facilitators for the
PEACEPORT Office. The PEACEPORT Office serves as a center for uniting your
community, religious, or spiritual group around SPAN programs and events you are
drawn to create or participate in. To begin with, the PEACEPORT Office will focus
on promoting, developing, and supplying the PEACEPORT curriculum specifically.
It might be within the church, or in a regional network of churches, or reaching out
into the community or school systems.
How do I get started?
Contact the Association for Global New Thought Offices, and indicate you are
interested in forming a PEACEPORT Office. You will then receive all the organizing
materials you need to get started!