By: David J. Smith, March 11, 2017 This coming week the Forage Center for Peacebuilding and Humanitarian Education, Inc. will host 35 graduate students participating in its Atlantic Promise field exercise. The exercise will start the afternoon of March 16 and end the afternoon of March 19. It will be held in Fellsmere, FL. AttendingContinueContinue reading “Forage Center’s Graduate Level Atlantic Promise Field Exercise, Fellsmere, FL, 3/16-19”
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Citizen Mediator Initiative Seeks to Engage Practitioners in Working to Heal Political Divide, Washington, DC Event, 3/16
By: David J. Smith, March 10, 2017 The Citizen Mediator initiative is aimed at leveraging the experience of the practitioner community to bridge the U.S. political divide. It is organized by the International Mediators Community of of Practice, Association for Conflict Resolution, and Mediators Beyond Borders International. If you are interested, consider attending theirContinueContinue reading “Citizen Mediator Initiative Seeks to Engage Practitioners in Working to Heal Political Divide, Washington, DC Event, 3/16”
White Supremacists Step Up Recruiting on Campus, Report Says, New York Times, 3/6/17
By: David J. Smith, March 7, 2017 I don’t normally post pieces from other publications, but this article from the New York Times it an important observation of what is going on U.S. college campuses today. There has been a spike in white supremacist recruitment. The ADL reports that 65 incidents have occurred since January. ClickContinueContinue reading “White Supremacists Step Up Recruiting on Campus, Report Says, New York Times, 3/6/17”