By: David J. Smith, January 8, 2016 I’ve written before about the role that community colleges can play in advancing the use of nonviolent and consensus based approaches to bridging differences. In this way, community colleges play an important role in preventing the escalation of conflict and advancing peacebuilding and social justice. A growing number ofContinueContinue reading “Community Colleges as Places to Explore and Resolve Differences: Community Mediation”
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Forage Center Opens Registration for Atlantic Promise 2016
By David J. Smith, December 8, 2015 Registration is now open for field exercise Atlantic Promise 2016 to be held March 10-13, 2016 in Fellsmere, FL. The program is offered by the Forage Center for Peacebuilding and Humanitarian Education, Inc. Registration will close February 1, 2016. Atlantic Promise (formerly called ‘Atlantic Hope’) is designed for graduateContinueContinue reading “Forage Center Opens Registration for Atlantic Promise 2016”
Conflict Coaching: A Needed Tool for Today’s Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding Practitioner
By David J. Smith, August 20, 2015 For the conflict resolution and peacebuilding practitioner, be they working in domestic or international environments, acquiring a range of skills and abilities to assist those in conflict is important. All too often practitioners are limited to one or two techniques to bringing about peace. Today, a variety of abilitiesContinueContinue reading “Conflict Coaching: A Needed Tool for Today’s Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding Practitioner”
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