Conflict Resolution Youth Summit: Advancing Humanitarian Awareness with High School Students, George Mason University, 7/16/19

For the 3rd year the Forage Center for Peacebuilding and Humanitarian Education participated in the Conflict Resolution Youth Summit at George Mason University (GMU) in Fairfax, VA. It is a one-week summer day program held for rising 10th, 11th, and 12th grade students interested in exploring some of today’s toughest problems through the lens of conflictContinue reading “Conflict Resolution Youth Summit: Advancing Humanitarian Awareness with High School Students, George Mason University, 7/16/19”

The Crisis of Opioids, Montgomery College Nursing Program (video)

A broadly contextualized consideration of peacebuilding would include working to reduce the vast number of Americans who are addicted to opioids.  This video was recently co-written and co-directed by my wife Lena Choudhary who teaches at Montgomery College and looks at how nurses might respond to patients. Click here or below.

Conflict Resolution Colloquium on Mental Health and Substance Use, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD, 10/27/17

By: David J. Smith, September 26, 2017 One of the major challenges facing society today is the increase in drug use especially the opioid crisis.  In addition, mental health issues are increasingly an issue in community and family conflict. If these issues are of interest and you are in the DC area, consider attending theContinue reading “Conflict Resolution Colloquium on Mental Health and Substance Use, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD, 10/27/17”