NAFSA is the largest association of professionals advancing study abroad and international education. The emphasis tends to be through exchange, and the conference’s vendor area consists primarily of organizations that facilitate study abroad for colleges. This year’s conference was in Washington, DC, and though I didn’t attend the entire conference, I did go to theContinueContinue reading “NAFSA Conference: A Gastrodiplomacy Experience, 5/29/19”
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Global Peace Index 2019 Launch, CSIS, Washington, DC, 6/20/19
The Human Rights Initiative of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) invites you to a public launch event of the 2019 Global Peace Index (GPI). The Global Peace Index is the world’s leading measure of global peacefulness, ranking 163 countries and territories according to their level of relative peacefulness. Created by the InstituteContinueContinue reading “Global Peace Index 2019 Launch, CSIS, Washington, DC, 6/20/19”
Honoring Sacrifice in War with Commitment to Peace At Memorial Day, an Iraq veteran remembers soldiers lost—and the peace they won, USIP, 5/22/19
For Memorial Day 2019, I’m reposting this blog from USIP. In it Retired U.S. Army Colonel John Laganelli discusses his experiences in Iraq, building peace, and the sacrifices of way. Go here to read the blog.
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