University of Illinois (Jane Addam's Hull-House)

The Jane Addams Hull-House Museum will produce a documentary film, multimedia curricula, a series of teach-ins, and an international youth exchange to explore grassroots peace building practices under its "Cities of Peace: Transforming Chicago and Phnom Penh" educational program. The museum will reach out to members of high-need communities in Chicago and Cambodia and collaborate with scholars and community leaders to document, educate, and advocate for a grassroots approach to peace building in response to histories of institutional and interpersonal violence. The project aims to empower youth to initiate and maintain dialogues about peace building in their own communities, facilitate intercultural exchange, and provide a means of understanding and responding to the damage caused by historical and present-day violence and inequality.