David J. Smith

Forage Center Holds Successful Coastal Promise Field Simulation at La Roche College, Pittsburgh, PA

The Forage Center for Peacebuilding and Humanitarian Education, Inc. recently partnered with La Roche College in Pittsburgh, PA to hold its Coastal Promise Field Simulation May 23-24, 2018. The event was held as part of La Roche College’s Global Development and Humanitarian Aid Training Program. The simulation replicated the conditions that might exist in aContinueContinue reading “Forage Center Holds Successful Coastal Promise Field Simulation at La Roche College, Pittsburgh, PA”

Featured Peacebuilding Group: U.S. Army Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute

In honor of Memorial Day, this week’s Featured Peacebuilding Group is the U.S. Army Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute known as PKSOI. Increasing U.S. and foreign military are recognizing the need to incorporate “soft power” approaches based in interagency collaboration to foster peace and stability. The Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute collaboratively develops and integrates peaceContinueContinue reading “Featured Peacebuilding Group: U.S. Army Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute”

A Conversation About Peace and Careers

I spent today at the 12th International Conference on Conflict Resolution Education in Cleveland, Ohio. I’m proud to be a “charter” member of this conference, coming the first year and most every year since. This year it was at Case Western Reserve University, but over the years it has been at Cuyahoga Community College, Ohio StateContinueContinue reading “A Conversation About Peace and Careers”