Raising Children of Peace

The Early Childhood Peace Consortium (ECPC) is a global movement of United Nations agencies, Non-Governmental Organizations, academia, practitioners, and the private sector focused on sharing scientific and practice-based evidence on how investment in early childhood development (ECD) can contribute to sustainable peace, social cohesion, and social justice. We recognize that investing in ECD is a powerful and cost-effective strategy for reducing violence, poverty, and exclusion and for building peaceful societies.

The leadership of the ECPC seeks to engage members of the Yale Child Study Center, the larger Yale community, and beyond to explore the evidence that how we raise our children can be a pathway to a more peaceful world. For the past two decades, members of the ECPC have worked with other members of the international community to create a global movement to build more peaceful homes and societies.

This lecture is the first in a series that will occur on the third Thursday of each month through December 2023.