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Choose Peace/Stop Violence is both an annual observance and a comprehensive three-year initiative to educate, engage and empower youth to take action to prevent bullying and youth violence, foster social justice awareness, create safe and violence-free environments, as well as improve school climate and academic performance. Both use research-based Positive Community Norms marketing that focuses on creating safe and violence free environments where peace and inclusivity are celebrated.This year's Choose Peace dates are September 19-23, 2022. Access resources and learn how to celebrate in the drop-down below and pair your celebration with the International Day of Peace (Peace Day) observed around the world each year on September 21st.
This year, Choose Peace/Stop Violence is supporting April's Child Abuse Prevention Month observance. Help us raise awareness about child abuse neglect and prevention by wearing BLUE and creating "Pinwheels for Peace" on April 6th. REGISTER HERE to receive free materials to create Pinwheels for Peace at your school.
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Choose Peace/Stop Violence Week
This year's Choose Peace dates are September 20-24, 2021.
Join us and wear WHITE on Peace Across Broward Day, September 21st. The unity and color represents equality, fairness, and protection, while encouraging peace, calm, comfort, and hope. We are encouraging the entire community to join us throughout the week in our “ALL▪4▪PEACE” activities. Further details of each activity can be found on the United Way Choose Peace website, below, and in this year's guidelines.
- Peace Poster Contest Guidelines
- Activism 4 Peace
- Chalk 4 Peace
- Choose Peace Week Activity Guide 2020-21
- Community 4 Peace
- Contests 4 Peace
- Shaping Peace Together Activity Guide
- Peace Across Broward Day
- Exercise 4 Peace
- Meditate 4 Peace
- CPSV Message Development Tips
- Peace Poem Contest
- Peace Vision Board
- Tic Tac Toe 4 Peace
- Wishes 4 Peace
This observance kicks-off with an annual Choose Peace poster contest. View this year's guidelines and create a poster with this year's theme, “Recovering and Working Together in Peace for a Better World”. We celebrate this day by spreading compassion, kindness and hope in the face of the pandemic.
Congratulations to our 2020-2021 Choose Peace Poster Contest winners!
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Additional Choose Peace Week Resources
- Choose Peace Activity Guide
- Chalk For Peace Activity Directions
- Climate Activities for Peace
- Peace Tree Project Directions
- Gift of Peace Cards for Schools
- How To Create A Peace Garden
- Words of Peace
- District-Wide
- High School
- Middle School
- Brag Bucks
- Student Pledge
- Pay It Forward Form
- Peace Pledge Agents of Change Challenge
- Planting the Seeds of Peace Pledge
- Imagine Peace Wish Tree flyer
- Choose Peace Week Activities Guide
- Video from 2012 Choose Peace Week
- The 2013 School Activities
- The 2014 Choose Peace Activities Guide
- Choose Peace 2014-15 Poster Contest
Community Resources and Activities
- Gift of Peace Cards for Adults
- Peace Tree Flyer – It Starts with You Today
- What Families Can Do to Prevent Youth Violence
- Choose Peace Parent Guide
- Eve on the porch
- Eve on the porch-registration
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The Choose Peace/Stop Violence Program
Choose Peace/Stop Violence (CPSV) Program is a comprehensive three year initiative using the science of the positive to change norms and transform cultures to create healthier, safer communities. The PCN framework educates, engages, and empowers youth to take action to prevent bullying and youth violence, foster social justice awareness, create safe and violence-free environments, as well as improve school climate and academic performance.
CPSV is a peer-led initiative that uses the researched strategies of Positive Community Norms/Social Norms Marketing. The program works to influence and move students’ perceptions and behavior from negative to positive though the accurate marketing of what is “normal” or “typical” behavior for their community. The initiative promotes peace, positive change, social emotional learning competencies (self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, self-awareness and responsible decision-making). In addition, it fosters resiliency and how to deal with life challenges in order to achieve academic success.
Learn more with the BCPS Choose Peace/Stop Violence Program Toolkit.
