About
Who We are.
Change starts here.
We are a regional affiliate of the PeaceJam Foundation. We are located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and service the states of Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Ohio. We offer programming for students grades K-12, college students, and incarcerated youth. Great Lakes PeaceJam is a program of Seeding Change, a 501(c)3 nonprofit with the mission of developing lifelong, civically active, and globally aware leaders of peace and justice.
Educate
We teach the essential skills needed to create a more inclusive and compassionate world at this critical time in our history.
Youth ages 5-25 study the lives and work of one or several Nobel Peace Laureates while going through a curriculum exploring violence, oppression, isms, cross-cultural understanding, peace and nonviolence, and the Nobel Peace Prize.
Inspire
Every year, we host a Fall Slam to kick-off the year and conclude with a Spring Youth Conference.
The Conference culminates the activities of the youth by inviting a Nobel Peace Laureate, and supports and inspires PeaceJammers and community members to become transformational leaders for peace, environmental stewardship, and social justice.
Action
We stand with youth to seek solutions to pressing humanitarian issues. Students work together and create a Global Call to Action service learning project to make their community and the world more peaceful, equitable, and compassionate.
These projects fall within 10 “Focus Areas” or “Calls to Action”, identified by the 14 Nobel Laureates involved with PeaceJam.
Our Team
Robyn
Hill
Executive Director
Natalie
Proudfoot
Program Director
Steve
Bertman
Board President
Cory
Matkovich
Board Vice President
Maria
Mata
Board Treasurer
Kendra
Eberts
Board Secretary
MaryLou
Boughton
Board Member
Jeff
Brazda
Board Member