Peace Jam

I strongly recommend the 2008 book Peace Jam by Ivan Suvanjieff and Dawn Gifford Engle. This book is written for ages 12 years and up and discusses Peace Jam's global call to action: The Youth Movement. Nobel Peace Laureates work with youth to make social change actually happen around the world. Each chapter describes the work that a specific Nobel Peace Laureate has done with children and adolescents. For example, in chapter 6, titled "Racism Is Against The Law," Rigoberta Menchu Tum and Fernando (an adolescent) discuss the problem of racism that still exists all over the world today. This book provides great information for young teens and adolescents about the social justice issues that exist today. The real life examples of students taking action shows teens that they can get involved and make a difference. This may be a great way to introduce a class community service project.