Peace Studies Scholarships:  Peace studies scholarships have been established at Park Univerisity and Avila University worth $1000 each year toward tuition and books for students who meet the selection committee criteria as follows:  Student is enrolled in either university, is taking the Peace Studies classes offered by the school, shows a genuine interest in the peace and justice movement, has financial need as demonstrated by the FAFSA application, maintains a 2.50 or better GPA and is willing to take part in a peace and justice project mutually agreed upon with PeaceWorks, KC.  Recipient also agrees to attend the PeaceWorks annual meeting held in the March of the year the scholarship is received.

For more information: Contact Park University, (816)833-1000 x2372, Steve Iliff at Avila University, (816)501-3763, steve.iliff@avila.edu., or PeaceWorks, KC, (816)561-1181.

Peace Letter of the Month: Each month in the newsletter section of our website, we will publish the best peace letter that was published in the KC Star in the previous month. We will award the winners with free membership in PeaceWorks for one year, and they will be invited to our Annual Meeting in March. See recent winners.

UNITOWN:  PeaceWorks is currently funding inner city schools through HarmonyNCCJ for “Unitown”, a cultural diversity and prejudice reduction program.  Unitown exposes 40-50 high school or middle school students to an intense human relations experience, self esteem building and leadership education in a non-classroom environment.  It lays the groundwork for students of different backgrounds to step out of their “comfort zone” and begin sharing their insights with their peers and the rest of society.  For more information visit the Harmony website at www.kcharmony.org.