Over June 16-17, 2013 community college faculty and supporters of community colleges met in Cleveland, Ohio in a workshop designed to support efforts at building peace and conflict programs and initiatives. Sponsored by the Global Issues Resource Center at Cuyahoga Community College, the workshop brought together faculty from community colleges in the U.S. and Canada,ContinueContinue reading “North American Community College Peace Studies Programs Gather”
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Conflict Resolution and Peace Educators Meet in Cleveland, Ohio
The 6th International Summit on Conflict Resolution Education met at Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C) in Cleveland, Ohio June 12-15, 2013. With over 300 educators, practitioners and students in attendance, it continues to be the largest gathering of conflict resolution, peace studies, peace education and peacebuilding educators in the U.S. The conference was hosted by theContinueContinue reading “Conflict Resolution and Peace Educators Meet in Cleveland, Ohio”
Civic Engagement and Peacebuilding: The Democracy Commitment
The connection between youth civic engagement and peaceful approaches to conflict has been espoused by educational leaders such as John Dewey, and as a means to promoting peacebuilding in conflict zones by organizations such as the U.S. Institute of Peace. The “democratic peace” theory argues that societies that are engaged and functioning democracies will notContinueContinue reading “Civic Engagement and Peacebuilding: The Democracy Commitment”
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