{"id":53826,"date":"2026-06-03T10:05:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T14:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/?p=53826"},"modified":"2026-06-03T10:05:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T14:05:51","slug":"give-peace-a-chance-the-center-for-peace-education-records-at-arb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/2026\/06\/give-peace-a-chance-the-center-for-peace-education-records-at-arb\/","title":{"rendered":"Give peace a chance:\u00a0the Center for Peace Education records at ARB\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Informational brochure, undated. From the Center for Peace Education records at the Archives and Rare Books Library<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

For 30 years Cincinnati and suburban school children were given the opportunity to learn about peer mediation, conflict management, cooperative discipline, bias awareness, and diversity through the efforts of the non-profit organization Center for Peace Education.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Archives and Rare Books Library is excited to announce that the Center for Peace Education (CPE) finding aid is now available to view online at the Center for Peace Education records<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

CPE\u2019s\u00a0history<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Center for Peace Education 25th anniversary event at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, 2004. From the Center for Peace Education records at the Archives and Rare Books Library<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Cincinnati Coalition for Peace Education (the original name of CPE) was formed in 1979 to spread peace among youth and adults. CPE would later change its name to the Center for Peace Educaiton in 1982. As a non-profit organization, they hosted workshops in public schools, private schools, county and city offices, mental health boards, churches, and other community organizations.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Much of CPE’s curriculum was focused on two national training programs to promote conflict management nonviolently, Children’s Creative Response to Conflict and Student’s Creative Response to Conflict. These programs were evaluated through multiple research studies conducted by the University of Cincinnati. CPE funded their programs through local and national grants starting in 1994, which enabled them to bring the workshops to more youth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Trainers and staff, 2001. From the Center for Peace Education records at the Archives and Rare Books Library<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Besides bringing the trainings to youth, CPE hosted conferences and trainings for adults to teach educators and administrators their programs. In 2009 CPE formed an agreement with local non-profit Bridges for a Just Community to incorporate their trainings and CPE dissolved later that year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CPE\u2019s records at ARB<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The collection is\u00a0comprised\u00a0of\u00a051.4 linear feet of\u00a0administrative documents such as meeting minutes, newsletters, financial records, fundraising efforts, correspondence, and board of\u00a0directors’\u00a0material. Program specific planning materials\u00a0account\u00a0for\u00a0the\u00a0majority\u00a0of\u00a0the collection with correspondence between\u00a0partner organizations, handouts used in\u00a0workshops, and evaluations by the youth or adults receiving the training. There is also a great quantity of photographs that document specific programs and events hosted by the Center. The collection does include many\u00a0different types\u00a0of media such as VHS tapes, floppy disks,\u00a0CDs, and DVDs of the various programs and marketing material used to advertise the work of the Center for Peace Education.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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