Community College Initiative Program at Northern Virginia Community College Goes Virtual for 2021

One of the highlights of my work is meeting with students who participate in the Community College Initiative Program (CCI). CCI is a State Department funded program that in 2021 brought 93 international students from Bangladesh, Brazil, Colombia, Cote d’Ivoire, Dominican Republic, Ghana, India, Indonesia, South Africa, and Turkey to six U.S. community colleges includingContinueContinue reading “Community College Initiative Program at Northern Virginia Community College Goes Virtual for 2021”

Eastern Mennonite University’s Summer Peacebuilding Institute, 2021

For 25 years, the Summer Peacebuilding Institute (SPI) has brought 150 – 200 people each year to Eastern Mennonite University to live and learn together. We were sad to go online last year, though we still found ways to build meaningful relationships and communities with peacebuilders from all over the world. We were also able to include some ofContinueContinue reading “Eastern Mennonite University’s Summer Peacebuilding Institute, 2021”