Sarah Lynn Bowman, faculty at Austin Community College in Texas and Uppsala University in Sweden, said that “the annual peacebuilding seminar has been a wonderful experience, both in-person and with the online programming. I have learned so much about the nature of strategic peacebuilding in its many forms and especially how we might build curriculum and events at the community college level.”

Forage Center’s 10th Annual National Community College Peacebuilding Seminar

Forage Center for Peacebuilding and Humanitarian Education (Forage Center) hosted the 10th Annual National Community College Peacebuilding Seminar October 28-29, November 4-5 and November 11-12, 2022. The seminar, a three-part, interactive, virtual event on peacebuilding, social justice, and civic engagement, attracted 49 faculty, students, and professionals from U.S. 17 colleges and universities as well as attendees from Nigeria and Sweden.

The seminar is designed to provide community colleges – which represent 45% of American undergraduates – with access to organizations and experts focusing on a range of peacebuilding topics and issues. While entirely virtual this year, previous face-to face seminar participants have visited the U.S. Department of State, National Museum of American Diplomacy, U.S. Holocaust Memorial and Museum, and the U.S. Institute of Peace. Read the full story…

ACC Center for Peace and Conflict Studies Participants: Shirin Khosropour & Laila Taraghi