Fridays & Saturdays
(2-3 hours each day)
October 30 – 31, 2020
November 6 – 7, 2020
November 13 – 14, 2020
Since 2013, educators and students interested in the critical role that community colleges play in higher education have met in the Washington, DC area to learn, share, and experience on a range of topics including peacebuilding, conflict, human rights, social justice, peace education, international affairs, and nonviolence. Due to the current pandemic, this year’s seminar will be held virtually using Zoom as a means of presenting and sharing.
The seminar will be held on three consecutive Fridays and Saturdays from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The seminar will feature 12 – 45 minute sessions. The focus of most sessions will be social justice and public health issues within a peacebuilding context.
This year’s seminar will be sponsored jointly by the Forage Center for Peacebuilding and Humanitarian Education, Inc., a 501c3 corporation advancing experiential-based learning on humanitarian and peacebuilding practices, and David J. Smith Consulting, LLC, a DC based consultancy.
For full-time and part-time educators, the registration fee will be $80.00 which must be paid in advance of the seminar. Graduate students will be charged a fee of $25.00 for the seminar. Undergraduate (including community college) students will be able to attend free of charge (but be limited to specific sessions).
U.S. based educators for all sectors and international educators and students are invited to attend.
The seminar has been featured in Community College Daily, on Montgomery College TV, and in the NOVA Intercom.
The final agenda is below. Students (undergraduate) are permitted to attend the sessions that are in blue.
The seminar will be video and audio recorded and shared publicly after the program. Participant names and emails will be shared with all attendees and presenters (but not the public).
OCTOBER 30 & 31, 2020
| DATE | TIME All times are Eastern Time | SPEAKER | TOPIC |
| Fri., 10/30 | 12:00-12:15 | David J. Smith Forage Center/David J. Smith, LLC/George Mason University | Overview, Welcome, Introduction |
| 12:15-1:00 | Jessica Duque Institute for Economics & Peace | The State of Peacefulness Today. What do we know and what can we learn from it? | |
| Fri., 10/30 | 1:00-1:15 | Q&A/Break | |
| 1:15-2:00 | David J. Smith (moderator), Heather Payne & Ninette Irabaruta Forage Center Alum (panelists) | A Career in Peacebuilding? A Student Workshop | |
| Sat., 10/31 | 12:00-12:15 | David J. Smith | Review |
| 12:15-1:00 | Daryn Cambridge Training Resources Group, Inc./American University | What Is the “Beloved Community” Anyway?: Peace Education as Human Potential | |
| Sat., 10/31 | 1:00-1:15 | Q&A/Break | |
| 1:15-2:00 | Jess Bonnan-White Forage Center/Stockton University | Using Humanitarian Competencies in Humanitarian Work |
NOVEMBER 6 & 7, 2020 (see changes)
| DATE | TIME All times are Eastern Time | SPEAKER | TOPIC |
| Fri., 11/6 | 12:00-12:15 | David J. Smith | Review and Questions |
| 12:15-1:00 | Ana Cutter Patel Outward Bound Peacebuilding | Virtual Connecting for Social Justice | |
| Fri., 11/6 | 1:00-1:15 | Q&A/Break | |
This session has been rescheduled for Friday, 11/13 @ 11: 15 ET | The Truth Telling Project | ||
| Sat., 11/7 | 12:00-12:15 | David J. Smith | Review and Questions |
| 12:15-1:00 | Patricia Romano Kim Simard Resist Violence Project/Dawson College | Embracing Social Change: Depolarizing the Classroom through Art and Nonviolence | |
| Sat., 11/7 | 1:00-1:15 | David J. Smith | Review and Questions |
| 1:15-2:00 | Julia Delafield University for Peace | Global Citizenship Education: A Pathway to Empathy Building and Peace | |
| 2:00-2:15 | David J. Smith | Review and Questions | |
| 2:15-3:00 | Katie Zanoni San Diego City College/U. of San Diego/San Diego State U. Fran Faraz Golden West College | Co-creating A Virtual Community for Peace and Social Justice Education |
NOVEMBER 13 & 14, 2020 (see changes)
| DATE | TIME All times are Eastern Time | SPEAKER | TOPIC |
| Fri., 11/13 New session | 11:15-12:00 | Dave Ragland The Truth Telling Project | Advancing Social Justice |
| Fri., 11/13 | 12:00-12:15 | David J. Smith | Break/Review & Questions |
| 12:15-1:00 | Holly Piepenburg Pulitzer Center | Documentary Journalism and Social Change | |
| Fri., 11/13 | 1:00-1:15 | David J. Smith | Break/Review and Questions |
| 1:15-2:45 | Lauren Krizner Fischer U.S. State Department/ National Museum of American Diplomacy | Global Public Health Simulation | |
| Sat., 11/14 | 12:00-12:15 | David J. Smith | Review and Questions |
| 12:15-1:00 | Tiara Moultrie New Jersey Institute for Social Justice | From Recovery to Resilience and Reconciliation: The Impact of COVID-19 on Communities of Color | |
| Sat., 11/14 | 1:00-1:15 | Break | |
| 1:15-2:00 | David J. Smith | Moving Forward |
David J. Smith Consulting, LLC 