Human Rights Day in Rockville, MD, 12/10/18

I was honored last night (12/10/18) at the Rockville Mayor and City Council meeting to accept a proclamation from the city regarding Human Rights Day and have my work acknowledged.   The ceremony starts at 5:30 and ends at 9:50. http://rockvillemd.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=2&clip_id=3935 Mayor and City Council Meeting, City of Rockville, 12/10/18

Reflections on 2018

The diversity of the new members of Congress: women, members of the LBGTQ community, Muslim, non-religious, Latina/o – is truly  inspiring. David J. Smith   As I have done now for several years, I’d like to end the year with some reflections on the past year.    It’s been a turbulent year in terms of peace andContinueContinue reading “Reflections on 2018”

Featured Peacebuilding Group: Center for Conservation Peacebuilding

This week’s Featured Peacebuilding Group is the DC based Center for Conservation Peacebuilding. Around the world, social conflicts related to conservation issues are serious obstacles to both wildlife conservation efforts and local communities’ way of life. To address such conflicts, the Center for Conservation Peacebuilding (CPeace) pioneered the application of conservation conflict transformation (CCT) theory, skills,ContinueContinue reading “Featured Peacebuilding Group: Center for Conservation Peacebuilding”