Our Work
Peace Ambassador Program: Applications are open!
Empowering young leaders in New Mexico
- Young women (including cis and trans women) ages 15-18 in Santa Fe and Northern New Mexico
- Develop emotional intelligence, communication strategies, compassionate dialogue, and conflict resolution
- Curriculum focuses on issues of equity, inclusion, and bridge-building
- Collaborate on community-based social justice projects
- Interact with peers from Israel and Palestine
Past Projects Include:
- Gaza Girl Stories The Ambassadors interviewed young women in the Gaza Girls program about their lives and wrote these compelling stories based off of Orion’s “This I Believe” essay series.
- Chalk 4 Peace The Peace Ambassadors created this video about the community celebration, Chalk 4 Peace, that they organized in conjunction with Drawing on Earth.
2024 Peace Ambassadors
This program has had a large impact on my life by educating me about the Israeli and Palestinian conflict. History is important but personal stories are valuable because of the strength they have to touch people’s hearts.
– Xitlalitl Rodas, Peace Ambassador 2018
2025 Program Information
PROGRAM DATES
The application for the 2025 program is now open! Please apply ASAP as spots are limited.
Workshops, trainings, and meetings will take place at the Santa Fe Teen Center from February – May.
Session 1: February 22- 3:00-6:00pm
Session 2: February 23- 9:00am-12:00pm
Session 3: March 1st- 3:00-6:00pm
Session 4: March 8th- 3:00-6:00pm
March 9th- Tomorrow Women’s Public Film Event
Session 5: March 19th- 5:30-8:30pm
Session 6: April 5th TIME TBD
*Potential Virtual Session*: April 6th- 9:00am-12:00pm
Session 7: April 9th- 5:30-8:30pm
Session 8: April 26th- 3:00-6:00pm
*Potential Virtual Session*: April 27th- 9:00-1:00
Session 9: May 3rd- 3:00-6:00pm
Session 10: May 10th– 3:00-6:00pm
Session 11: May 31st- 3:00-6:00pm
Peace Ambassadors will be able to engage in online and in-person international collaborations with peers from the Middle East, from June-August.
PARTICIPANT CRITERIA
We welcome teenagers who have an identity aligned with womanhood including cisgender, non-binary, and trans-feminine people ages 15-18 from Santa Fe, Albuquerque & Northern New Mexico to apply.
PROGRAM CURRICULUM
The Peace Ambassador Program teaches and develops skills in leadership, emotional resiliency, critical thinking, teamwork, public speaking, and community action. The 2025 theme, “Leadership in Allyship,” will give Peace Ambassadors a lens to explore the Palestinian and Israeli narratives led by Tomorrow Women’s staff and those we serve in Israel and Palestine. In culmination, the Peace Ambassadors will create a community project to integrate their learning and raise the voices of their Palestinian and Israeli peers overseas.
PROGRAM COST
The Peace Ambassador Program fee is $100. Scholarships are available.
QUESTIONS?
Please contact Julie Shapiro, Peace Ambassador Coordinator at peaceambassadors@tomorrowswomen.org