Featured Peacebuilding Group: National Association for Vocational Training and Social Services

This week’s Featured Peacebuilding Group is the Lebanon- based National Association for Vocational Training and Social Services (NAVTSS).  One of my former students Heather Payne is working for the group in Beirut.  Here is a video about the  project she is working on which supports Palestinian women in developing businesses creating and selling tatreez. MoreContinueContinue reading “Featured Peacebuilding Group: National Association for Vocational Training and Social Services”

Resilience in Conflict: Lessons from a Youth Exchange with the Dalai Lama, USIP Event, 12/12/18

If you work with youth, this event on USIP’s Youth Leader’s Exchange might be of interest.  It is December 12, 2018 from 10-11 a.m. at USIP headquarters. Click here for more information and to register. https://www.usip.org/events/resilience-conflict

My Article: Time for Reflection, Fulbright Edge, November 2018

Coming to the end of the year provides us the opportunity to reflect on our past year. It gives us a chance to take stock of our experiences and successes, give thanks for what we have and who we have, and consider what we might strive for in 2019.David J. Smith, Fulbright Edge, 11/30/18 MyContinueContinue reading “My Article: Time for Reflection, Fulbright Edge, November 2018”