Jerusalem Peacebuilders Inc

Excel Institute: Excel Institute inspired by the internationally famous conflict transformation across cultures program (contact), JPB hosts excel: Exploring conflict, education, and leadership institute for adults at St Georges college in Cambridge, England. This is a nine-day professional development program for Israeli Jewish and Arab educators, combining peacebuilding, critical reflection, networking, curriculum design, and language studies to empower participants with an array of professional skills, relationships and recognition. Excel's peacebuilding component aims to increase educators' capacities to integrate the practices of peacebuilding and youth leadership in their classrooms and curricula. The program engages educators through experiential and hands-on andragogy suitable to adaptation for high school classrooms. While learning skills, participants will build group relations to foster understanding, empathy and community.

JPBLD: Over two weeks, the Leadership Institute brings together American, Israeli, and Palestinian young adults with the focus of creating a new generation of peacebuilders and leaders. The program challenges participants to consider different perspectives around the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In addition it encourages participants to deepen their understanding of faith traditions and develop strategies for taking action in promoting peace.

Domestic youth and adult programs, plus annual educational pilgrimages.