Make Peace Visible Initiative

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Rotary mission

We serve others, promote integrity, and advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through our fellowship of business, professional, and community leaders.

Overview

Rotary creates environments where peace can happen. Creating projects with sustainable and measurable activities in communities worldwide helps establish peaceful settings where people grow and succeed. Peacebuilding remains a cornerstone of Rotary’s mission as a humanitarian service organization. Rotary is another name for PEACE.

Purpose

The District 5960 Make Peace Visible Initiative encourages clubs to maximize Rotary as an agent of peace, to intentionally connect club activities with Peacebuilding, and share their peace stories within their communities.

Objectives

To engage, educate, and empower Rotarians and other stakeholders who are advocates of Peacebuilding.
To provide resources for the use of Clubs and members interested in the mission of Peacebuilding and to elevate Peacebuilding in their clubs and communities.

Organization of Components

Educate and Empower

- Engagement –
  - Peacebuilding awareness within clubs
  - Peacebuilding sharing /recognition/promotion of what they are doing and plan to do.
- Educate and Empower
  - Peacebuilding Programs development
    - Positive Peace
    - Braver Angels
  - Peacebuilding Education within Youth Service
    - EarlyAct
    - Interact
    - Rotaract
    - Youth Peacebuilders in Action
      - Can you imagine peacebuilders who are high school students? What would the impact be if the number of student peacebuilders grew and did peace projects in the school, community, and globally? The three Rotary Clubs in Rochester wanted to find out. February 12 was the kickoff.
      - It was an amazing day of learning and interaction.! Patricia Shafer from NewGen Peacebuilders did a masterful job. Rotary volunteers from the Rotary Clubs of Rochester interacted with the students and John Marshall High School teachers and staff, resulting in meaningful discussions about ethics and how youth can be peacebuilders.
      - https://www.kimt.com/news/john-marshall-high-school-students-learn-about-ethics/article_b2023ea8-c9ff-11ee-8bb0-170082e21953.html
      - https://www.kttc.com/2024/02/13/peace-building-collaborative-help-inspire-rochester-students/
      - https://www.kaaltv.com/news/local-news/peacebuilding-and-ethics-day-at-john-marshall-high-school/

Strategies

Provide guidance, resources, and assistance in maintaining, cultivating, and developing peace programs within local and international communities.
Recruitment of a cadre of people of action who see the importance of promoting the Rotary International Narrative of Peace
Creation of an action plan to promote Peacebuilding in District 5960 and its Rotary, Rotaract, EarlyAct and Interact Clubs.
Promote the use of the 8 Pillars of Positive Peace as a framework for conversation in all District 5960 clubs by providing training and opportunity for the use of the pillars to encourage peaceful conversations that involve difficult and challenging topics.
Creation of a Peace e-club.

Peace Team Membership

This team will be made up of representatives from each area of the District.
All team members have completed of the Rotary Positive Peace Academy training on the 8 Pillars of Positive Peace.
All team members receive training on the youth programs and Braver Angels.

Activities available to clubs:

Monthly Peace Talks will be offered to the district. The 20-30 minute talks will be virtual. The recordings will be added to a Peace Talk Library on the district website. They could be used as a program for a club meeting. Discussion questions are included.
Share how your club Makes Peace Visible through your service and club activities.
Schedule at least one of the Peacebuilding presentations for your club. Braver Angels, Positive Peace, District Peace Project, Youth Peacebuilding programs, Peace Poles, Overview of Make Peace Visible
Start or support an EarlyAct or Interact Club.
Complete the Rotary Positive Peace Academy training on the 8 Pillars of peace.
Participate in the District Peace project.
Utilize the youth leadership development programs of RYLA, Youth Exchange, Camp Enterprise, and/or STRIVE.
Utilize information from the Peace Primer – LIVING AND LINKING Your Piece of Peace, Some Peacebuilding Basics for the Family of Rotary — Past RI President Richard L. Evans —
Join us for the Celebration of Clubs on May 4th, 2024