Everystory Presents:
Be The Peace
Be The Peace is Everystory’s transformative program designed to nurture empathy, confidence, and nonviolent communication among youth and the adults who support them. Using storytelling, Playback Theatre, and research-backed social-emotional learning strategies, this program empowers participants to share their voices, witness each other’s experiences, and build healthier relationships.
Each version of Be The Peace includes a series of skill-building workshops led by trained facilitators and ensemble members. Participants reflect on personal experiences and build skills in six core attitudes: gratitude, non-judgement, curiosity, patience, trust and humor. This work grows capacity for resilience, emotional regulation, and compassionate communication. The program culminates in a live performance where students perform audience members’ stories alongside the Everystory ensemble, honoring their voices and creating moments of insight, joy, and transformation.
Be The Peace helps young people and the adults around them grow into more empathetic, confident, and connected individuals. Through this work, participants:
Audience: Middle school students (performing for elementary school students)
Format: 8-session workshop + student-led performance with Everystory Ensemble
Focus: Builds core SEL skills through storytelling, reflection, and performance
Outcomes: Increased confidence, emotional resilience, and nonviolent communication
Audience: Middle school students (performing for elementary school students)
Format: 6–8 skill-building sessions + performance for elementary school peers
Focus: Anti-bullying curriculum that explores how to recognize, prevent, and intervene in harmful behaviors
Outcomes: 100% of participants learned how to define and address bullying; increases in compassion (+21%), communication (+14%), and perspective-taking (+14%)
Audience: Teachers, school staff, and youth service professionals
Format: 6–8 workshops + ensemble performance
Focus: Builds the same six core attitudes (gratitude, non-judgment, curiosity, patience, trust, humor) in adult teams
Outcomes: Increased emotional regulation, improved team communication, and healthier conflict resolution
Let’s create a culture of connection, confidence, and compassion starting with the power of your community’s stories.
