Registration is now open for Coastal Promise – Maryland be held March 14-17, 2019 in Swanton, Maryland. The event is offered by the Forage Center for Peacebuilding and Humanitarian Education, Inc. This program is designed for graduate and undergrad students interested in building capacity to work in humanitarian and conflict environments. We also accept professionalsContinueContinue reading “Coastal Promise – Maryland, March 14-17, 2019, Registration now open, closes 12/15/19”
Category Archives: Humanitarian Assistance
My Op-Ed: Lesson from the California wildfires: empathy for others, Baltimore Sun, 12/3/18
Helping our own means helping those who share our humanity, not just our citizenship. When the fire season is over in California and affected people are resettled and able to restart their lives, we will still have some 69 million fellow humans fleeing more catastrophic conditions.David J. Smith, Baltimore Sun, 12/3/18 My latest Baltimore SunContinueContinue reading “My Op-Ed: Lesson from the California wildfires: empathy for others, Baltimore Sun, 12/3/18”
November/December 2018 Newsletter: Taking Stock, Reflection, and Planning
My November/December 2018 Newsletter is out! I focus in this edition on the need to reflect on the past year and plan for the coming one. The holidays are a busy time and often reflection time is lost. Now is the time to do it. Click here or below to read the newsletter.