About Us
Our Mission
We empower children/youth and teachers in-at risk environments, locally and internationally,
by building resilience and self-reliance and inspiring Hope and Peace
through social & emotional education, and community & leadership development.
Our evidence-based curriculum, paired with our artistic and therapeutic partnerships
and aligned with the CASEL (Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning)
nomenclature and practices as well as the TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills),
uses targeted activities to aid in healing trauma, exploring strengths, regaining hope,
and building supportive communities and a better future.
Through mindfulness, healing arts, personal growth, character building and community development,
we seek to directly address the negative social, emotional, and environmental factors
that contribute to trauma, disengagement, delinquency, and academic failure in youth.
Through the Be the Peace - Be the Hope Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) platform, it is possible to give our students
the tools to achieve better academic success, safer communities and build their sense of self and belonging.
We truly hope you will support these fantastic programs and help us create positive change that will truly change lives.
Who We Are
Many Faces, One Hope
Be the Peace – Be the Hope, our Social and Emotional Learning Healing Arts International platform is led and supported by:
1- An international team of educators, therapists, artists, social workers, and community advocates.
2- Decades of combined experience in the educational, healing arts, mindfulness, self-development, and community development fields.
3- A collective of prominent Houston and International organizations including NGOs; Cultural Institutions; Community and Artistic non-profits, Private Foundations and Institutions.
Through the efforts of Karine Parker, The Texan-French Alliance for the Arts (TFAA) Executive and Program Director, TFAA is a founding partner of Be the Peace – Be the Hope (BTPBTH) locally. TFAA implements various programs to effect its mission. Be the Peace – Be the Hope is one of those programs.
Thank You
Whether you help through monetary donations, volunteering your time, or spreading our mission through word-of-mouth, thank you. We couldn't accomplish our goals without the help of supporters like you.
It is possible to give our students the tools to achieve better academic success, safer communities and build their sense of self. Your support of these fantastic program help us create positive change that truly changes the lives of students and teachers alike.
Donate Now
Your support of our Social and Emotional Learning Healing Arts platform will make an immense difference
- to the youth in the Houston communities
- and/or to the youth in the refugee camps served by our collective of non-profit partners.
With your support, we will:
- Buy art supplies for the healing arts workshops
- Train educators, mentors and therapists so that they implement the program in more schools and camps
- Document the stories
- Assess learning and outcomes. The methods we employ are both qualitative and quantitative and they include: surveys, observations, videos, photos, and testimonials from students, teachers, facilitators, and coordinators
Your generosity will allow us to continue to improve the life of under-served, vulnerable and at-risk youth.
