Wanted: Retired Professionals, College Students and Parents to Establish Peace Centers in Detroit Schools; MINE Needs Help to Ad
October 27 2003 - 3:16PM
PR Newswire (US)
Wanted: Retired Professionals, College Students and Parents to
Establish Peace Centers in Detroit Schools; MINE Needs Help to
Advance Nonviolence Curriculum in Schools Through June 2004
DETROIT, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- How many times have you heard
people express feeling helpless when it comes to saving children
from harmful situations that often end with tragic results?
Michigan Institute for Nonviolence Education (MINE), a nonprofit
organization that works with children to teach them nonviolent
conflict resolution and other violence prevention methods, has an
opportunity for people to actually make a difference by becoming a
MINE Fellow. In partnership with the Detroit Public Schools, MINE's
staff will train volunteers to go into elementary, middle and high
schools to assist in reducing the level of fear and violence in and
around schools. There, for 20 hours per week, they will train
students to be peer mediators, provide additional staff training,
expand existing school-based parent outreach programs and other
related tasks. Fellows will be reimbursed for mileage up to $200
per month and given a $5000 stipend at the end of the school year
for their service. Dr. Alicia Renee Farris, executive director of
MINE, expressed her desire for retired schoolteachers and police,
college and graduate students, other professionals, parents and
grandparents to consider taking this opportunity to help protect
children. "I hope that the $5000 will be used to defray educational
expenses for the volunteers, their children or grandchildren,"
Farris commented. "I especially hope that men will apply for this
program so that our male youth will be able to identify role models
right from their own communities." To apply to become a MINE
Fellow, contact Dr. Farris Monday through Friday, between the hours
of 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. There are immediate openings for adults
aged 21 and older, with a demonstrated capacity or a sincere desire
to work with children. Applicants must supply a resume and a copy
of their driver's license and social security card. They must also
agree to a police clearance and testing for Tuberculosis. For more
information contact Dr. Alicia Renee Farris at (313) 255-4754.
DATASOURCE: Michigan Institute for Nonviolence Education CONTACT:
Alicia Renee Farris of Michigan Institute for Nonviolence
Education, +1-313-255-4754
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