Pioneers for Peace

Pioneers for Peace is an innovative violence prevention and awareness program developed by the Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan in 1996 and sponsored in part by the United Way Community Services. Pioneers for Peace members are all survivors of violence who have sustained a spinal cord injury, brain injury or another type of traumatic injury that resulted in a permanent disability. Their goals are to increase awareness about the impact of violence and ways to reduce its incidents among at risk youth, promote violence prevention, conflict resolution and good decision making skills among at risk youth of middle and high school ages, and educate the public on the value and abilities of persons with disabilities. Pioneers for Peace