By David J. Smith, November 2, 2015 October 30-31, 2015 the 3rd Annual Peacebuilding Conference “Teaching Peace: Education as an Essential Peacebuilding Tool” was sponsored by three Kansas City area colleges: Johnson County Community College, Park University, and Rockhurst University. Medical Missions Foundation was also a co-sponsor. The first day of the conferenceContinueContinue reading “Kansas City Colleges Peacebuilding Conference Demonstrates the Power of Higher Education Collaboration”
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People’s World Peace Project and Community Colleges
By: David J. Smith, October 29, 2015 My colleague Joseph de Rivera, who directed the peace studies program at Clark University, is looking to connect with community colleges. He is involved in the People’s World Peace Project. He wrote: The pwpp.org web site is trying to cultivate the global community we need for a culture of peace.ContinueContinue reading “People’s World Peace Project and Community Colleges”
William J. Kreidler Award for Distinguished Service to the field of Conflict Resolution
I was honored at the recent annual conference of the Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR) in Reno, Nevada to be given the 2015 William Kreidler Award for Distinguished Service to the field of Conflict Resolution. The award is given by the education section of ACR. More about the award can be found here. The award was madeContinueContinue reading “William J. Kreidler Award for Distinguished Service to the field of Conflict Resolution”