Our people

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Our people

If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.

- Mahatma Ghandi (1869 -1948)

Our people

Who We Are

Meet the members of the Early Childhood Peace Consortium (ECPC) Executive Board and Advisory Group that comprise the ECPC Steering Committee, which is supported by expert consultants and the ECDpeace.org global communications team.

The ECPC Executive Board’s primary responsibility is to ensure that the objectives of the wider ECPC are effectively articulated and achieved, and remain in alignment with the ECPC vision statement and strategy, to promote social justice and reduce violence. It is comprised of high profile and/or senior level persons, who are either directly connected with one of the founding institutions of the ECPC, and/or have high level of influence within ECPC related networks, and/or are world renowned persons in the field of Early Childhood and/or Peace, and/or have served as international leader, and/or are recognized for having undertaken high-level related or similar functions.

 

Executive Committee

ECPC Chair (Yale Child Study Center; United Nations & UNICEF alumni)
ECPC Global Vice-Chair (United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) HQ)
International Center for Education and Human Development, CINDE Foundation
Global Movement for The Culture of Peace (GMCoP)
Ulster University
ECPC Regional Vice-Chair (International Network on Peace Building for Young Children)
ECPC Policy & Advocacy Chair (AÇEV— Mother Child Education Foundation)
Yale University
Free University of Berlin
Yale University
ECPC Research Chair (Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine)
Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence Against Children
Queen's University Belfast
ECPC Secretary (United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) HQ)
UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network
ECPC Treasurer (Early Years - the organisation for young children)

Advisory Board

Salam Institute for Peace and Justice, American University
World Vision International
Make Mothers Matter (MMM)
International Step by Step Association (ISSA)
AÇEV— Mother Child Education Foundation
ECPC Advisory Board (Arab Network on Early Childhood Development—ANECD)
World Organization for Early Childhood Education (OMEP)
Sesame Workshop
An-Najah National University
AÇEV— Mother Child Education Foundation
Sesame Workshop

Emeritus Group

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Former High Representative for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC)
National Academy of Medicine
Fondazione Child / Telefono Azzurro
Early Childhood Program, Open Society Foundations (OSF)
United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC)
Former United Nations Special Representative to the Secretary-General on Violence against Children
Supporting Father Involvement
World Vision International
Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine

Expert Support Group

ECPC Expert Support Group (United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) HQ)
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Yale Child Study Center
Boston College School of Social Work
Queen's University Belfast
Yale School of Public Health
Yale MacMillan Center: Conflict, Resilience and Health Program
University of Oxford
Harvard Humanitarian Initiative
Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine
New York University | Steinhardt

Global Communications Team

ECPC Director Global Communications (Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine)

Staff Alumni

Yale Printing and Publishing Services
Yale University
Yale University
Drexel University
Yale Child Study Center
Yale University

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