I created this teaching resource because of my own experiences with childhood bullying, and it has been my life's work as an educator, musician and author to use the creative arts as a tool towards transformation and hope. "Peace Begins with You and Me" is user-friendly, flexible and contains life-changing messages that can affect the trajectory of a child's life. Its content is dedicated to schools and organizations that work towards inspiring our youth to make good decisions. The play can be performed as a classroom or full theater experience, read from the script or memorized, modified and edited without my permission, and is appropriate for a wide variety of ages. Topics can be edited, added to or deleted, and the content includes compassionate dialogue on bullying, friendships, school shootings, drugs, childhood suicide, isolation, peer pressure, abuse, prejudice, inclusion, understanding emotions, earth preservation, transformation and the healing power of friendship, hope, kindness, acceptance and caring.School Curriculum: Concepts can easily be woven into your school curriculum and include creative writing, music, introspective thinking, positive communication, reading, literature, art, creating Peace Promises, and group discussion.Music: Although familiar songs can be sung by your "Earth Chorus," I also offer original easy-to-learn songs containing lyrics with character-building themes (for example, "The No Bully Rap-Song" by Cheryl Melody). Directions on where to find, listen and download each song and album online is provided in the script.

Story: "Peace Begins with You and Me" unfolds into an inspiring story about children from many backgrounds who learn how to respect themselves and each other. As they become more aware of the positive power of their words, actions, feelings and thoughts, they create innovative ideas for bringing a unified vision of "being peace" into every school, home and neighborhood throughout the whole world.?Raises awareness about the power of our words, actions, feelings and thoughts?Ideal for adolescents and upper elementary children?No licensing or royalty fees ?Script includes director's guide, song lyrics and sheet music?Easy printing of pages: Link to website and QR code to download script included.