4th Annual National Community College Peacebuilding Seminar Set for October 21-24, 2016

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By: David J. Smith, February 5, 2016

The 4th Annual National Community College Peacebuilding Seminar will be held October 21-24, 2016 at Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA), Alexandria, Virginia. Registration information will be provided in March.  Check back to this site for more information.

Since 2013, an seminar has been held for community college faculty and staff looking to build capacity for teaching about conflict resolution, peace studies, human rights, peacebuilding, and related issues in community colleges.   To date, over 90 faculty from 35 community colleges have participated in the seminar.

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The 2014 seminar visiting the U.S. Institute of Peace

For more information on past seminars read this NOVA blog and watch this video from Montgomery College (where the first seminar was held).

For more information, contact David J. Smith at davidjsmith@fulbrightmail.org.

Published by David J. Smith

I am a career coach, consultant, and head of a not for profit - the Forage Center - that offers humanitarian education training. I also teach at George Mason University and Drexel University. A one time lawyer, I spent many years teaching in a community college where I was a Fulbright U.S. Scholar teaching in Estonia. I'm the author of Peace Jobs: A Student's Guide to Starting a Career Working for Peace (IAP 2016). I've been married to my best friend for over 31 years and we have two well adjusted adult children who teach me something new everyday. I live in Rockville, Maryland.

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