By: David J. Smith, April 27, 2017 The Youth Peace Conference will be held at Sandy Spring Friends School on Saturday, May 13, 2017 in Sandy Spring, Maryland. It is designed for youth in grades 8-12. The conference’s theme is the “Intersectionality of ‘Isms.'” The conference’s keynote speaker will be Dr. Kumea Shorter-Gooden from theContinueContinue reading “Youth Peace Conference, Sandy Spring, MD, 5/13”
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Visit to the Center for Peace Studies and Violence Prevention, Virginia Tech, 4/21
By: David J. Smith, April 21, 2017 Ten years ago on April 16, 2007 the deadliest shooting on a U.S. college campus in history took place at Virginia Tech. That morning 32 members of the campus community – students, faculty, and staff – were killed. The gunman committed suicide. In the ensuing years, the universityContinueContinue reading “Visit to the Center for Peace Studies and Violence Prevention, Virginia Tech, 4/21”
Meaningful Engagement with Diversity, Talk at Montgomery College, 4/17
By: David J. Smith, April 17, 2017 My talk today at Montgomery College today focused on diversity. Titled, “Living in a Land of Diversity and How Not to Take it for Granted: The Implications for Peacebuilding,” I looked at how diversity is important to our society, can at times be viewed negatively, and examined waysContinueContinue reading “Meaningful Engagement with Diversity, Talk at Montgomery College, 4/17”
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