VOICE (Violence-Prevention Outcomes in Civic Education) VOICE is
a year-long elementary social studies program created by the
Constitutional Rights Foundation Chicago designed to increase
academic achievement, foster peaceful resolution of conflict,
and spark community service. VOICE combines law education, peer
mediation and service learning to educate 4th grade through
middle school students about our democratic government and offer
ways to resolve conflicts non-violently. Research has shown the
VOICE curriculum to be highly effective in helping students
retain and use essential information and skills relating to
government and to resolve conflict peacefully. Through VOICE,
students gain basic civic knowledge about how our government
works and about their roles as citizens in our constitutional
democracy. They practice creative problem-solving and
cooperation, using math, science, and writing skills. They learn
and practice peaceful ways to resolve conflict. They develop
positive connections to their commun