According to Peace Games site director Ingrid Hoogendoorn, many students bussed through those graveyards are victims of violence or poverty. They move rapidly through activities, trying to keep the children interested. First, they ask students to write the names of women they admire on construction paper leaves so they can make a tree in honor of International Women's Day. Then it's on to planning a puppet show about the immigrant experience. Volunteer Darby Hickey explains that children sometimes tease the girls who wear headscarves and other bilingual students.
Students begin to brainstorm about their own experiences for the puppet show.
Soon the volunteers are leading a discussion about the meaning of the word courage. Such a lesson would make Dawson all verklemt . It is the presence of justice. Talk it out. Try to see the situation from the other person's point of view.