By David J. Smith, April 18, 2016 Annually, the Rockville, Maryland Human Rights Commission hosts a diversity leadership workshop for high school-age students in the Rockville, Maryland area. Rockville, my hometown, is a city of about 64,000, just northwest of Washington, DC. It is a diverse community with large numbers of residents who claimContinueContinue reading “Encouraging Young People to Consider Diversity in Broader Ways”
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Higher Education Conference on Countering Violent Extremism, Cleveland State University, 10/6-8, 2016
By: David J. Smith, April 8, 2016 Increasingly young immigrant youth, especially those of Arab and Muslim background, are susceptible to influences from violent extremism. Incidents of young college students being apprehended at airports on their way to Syria and elsewhere are not only in the news in Europe, but in the U.S. IContinueContinue reading “Higher Education Conference on Countering Violent Extremism, Cleveland State University, 10/6-8, 2016”
A New Peace Sign Activity: Working with 5th Graders
By: David J. Smith, March 26, 2016 While at the U.S. Institute of Peace, I often worked with middle school students. Working with this age group can be very rewarding, but also at times challenging. Developing an activity that is engaging for them, as well as meaningful from a learning standpoint can be frustrating.ContinueContinue reading “A New Peace Sign Activity: Working with 5th Graders”
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