Rockville, MD Human Rights Commission Hosts Diversity Leadership Workshop

The City of Rockville, Maryland Human Rights Commission hosted its annual Diversity Leadership  on Saturday, March 29, 2014.   20 students from Richard Montgomery, Rockville, Montgomery Blair and Wootton high schools and Montgomery College participated in activities that raised their awareness of broad notions of diversity and helped them develop skills they might use in reaching outContinueContinue reading “Rockville, MD Human Rights Commission Hosts Diversity Leadership Workshop”

Back to School and Peacebuilding

Most community college faculty have now started back for the fall semester.   As the year progresses, opportunities may present themselves to provide a peacebuilding dimension to a class, an activity, or a college wide event.  It is often difficult once classes have started to shift or create new content. With many community college educators teachingContinueContinue reading “Back to School and Peacebuilding”

Working with Local Government as a Means of Advancing Global Human Rights and Student Learning

Increasingly community colleges are looking for ways to provide their students with relevant and impactful experiential opportunities that can promote continued education and provide a window to career opportunities.   Peacebuilding includes a range of strategies that can be applied through coursework. At Montgomery College in Maryland in the spring 2013 the course Politics in ActionContinueContinue reading “Working with Local Government as a Means of Advancing Global Human Rights and Student Learning”