STARS (Safety, Tolerance And Respect Superstars) and Camp Friendship, provide children from diverse backgrounds with opportunities to have fun, bond in friendship and understanding, and gain self-confidence through the use of nonviolent techniques and tools. Both programs share common objectives for the girls and boys who participate:

To learn respect and esteem for themselves and others

To honor and protect differences (whether skin color, ethnicity, abilities/disabilities, gender, physical size, beliefs)

To gain an understanding of put-downs and bullying, and the pain they cause

To acquire practical methods for controlling anger

To learn how to deal with conflict situations in noncombative and nonviolent ways

To create healthy relationships through honesty and kindness

The curriculum of both STARS and Camp Friendship is drawn from a variety of sources with proven effectiveness: the Virtues Project, the Southern Poverty Law Center's Teaching Tolerance materials, Operation Respect's Don't Laugh at Me, and the Start Something program materials of the Tiger Woods Foundation.