Peacejam Foundation

So, want a whole review in 17 syllables!
Peace Jam helps out kids,
teaching them to fight with peace.
Our future leaders
When the founder of Peace Jam, Ivan Suvanjieff, was walking home one day, he passed by a group of kids ditching school. They told him that school did nothing for them and that they had to pay the bills the best way they knew how. Wanting to dissuade them from their dangerous path, he talked to them about others who faced adversity and triumphed. One name, Desmond Tutu, came up, and the youths were exited to talk about what he had done. Ivan knew that if these kids could talk to Desmond Tutu, then maybe they would change their ways. After a whirlwind of excitement and a love story fit for a TV movie, Peace Jam was founded. They currently have 15 Nobel Peace Prize laureates that go around the world, meeting with children and discussing plans for peace. But it does not stop there, these kids then go out and enact their plans for world betterment. Sound exiting to you? Well if you are a parent, have your kid sign up. If you are in college, be a mentor, it is rewarding and fun! Anyone else, call to see if you can volunteer or make a donation. There are fees that can be expensive for both children and mentors, but call them if this is a problem and they may be able to help.
Remember, when we are all old and tired, these are the people that will be taking care of us socially and globally, so lets make sure we train them right!

I have only one thing to add to the great job Alex did of summarizing Peace Jam’s amazing work in the community and around the word.
CONGRATULATIONS DAWN AND IVAN!
After many years of helping kids by connecting them with Peace Prize laureates, Peace Jam’s founders have been honored with a Nobel Peace Prize nomination themselves. If they win, they can be their own guests of honor– but hard workers and modest guy and gal that they are, they’ll hardly even mention it and keep inviting amazing people like the Dalai Lama to speak in Denver.
Okay, I have two things to add. I once heard Ivan speak about interviewing Daw Aung San Suu Kyi while she was under house arrest– apparently he was stopped at the airport after the interview and beaten by Burmese officials until he turned over his tapes.
Lucky for him, he’d switched them with tapes of elephants in Thailand.
Not so lucky for him, he had internal bleeding and was immediately hospitalized upon returning to America.
I salute you, Ivan, Dawn, and all the Peace Jam founders– these are some incredibly BRAVE people.