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DAVID J. SMITH
Consultant | Speaker | Coach | Trainer
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February 2017
Peacebuilding and Conflict Resolution
NEWSLETTER
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Dear Colleague:
This is my first newsletter in 2017. Those of you who are educators might be dealing with anxiety and concern with your students because of new policies by the Trump Administration. You might be looking for strategies you can use in the classroom to advance peacebuilding, conflict resolution, and dialogue. Right now our country is more divided than ever before, as such we must be
proponents of positive change. In a divided society, bridges can be built and understanding can be reached between those of different world views. Simultaneously, working to advance human rights, peacebuilding, and compassion towards those who are marginalized must continue.
So far this year I've traveled to St. Petersburg College for a program promoting dialogue and visited Georgetown University to talk about careers. I recently published an op-ed in the Baltimore Sun making the argument for supporting humanitarian efforts (in my role as president of the Forage Center), and was interviewed by a Baltimore radio station. I've also been interviewed by Peace Talks Radio on careers and published a commentary in Huffington Post on the women's march. In Inside Higher Education I made the argument for a national domestic exchange program and published a critique of the Fulbright Program in Community College Daily.
This spring I will traveling to Texas, Pennsylvania, Florida, Virginia, and Minnesota. My travel and program schedule is below. If I am in your neighborhood, let me know!
I hope you find this newsletter helpful in your work this year. For updates on programs and activities related to peacebuilding and conflict resolution, consider subscribing to my blog.
Wishing you much success in the coming year!
David J. Smith
February 1, 2017
PS: If you feel that you are receiving this newsletter in error, I apologize. You can "unsubscribe" using the button at the bottom of the page.
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Recent Radio and Podcast Interviews
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Peace Jobs: A Student's Guide to Starting a Career Working for Peace
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"Peace Jobs
is a book that peace educators have been waiting for. It captures the front edge of the field in its inclusive attention to differences of gender, sexuality, class, and race, and in its unpacking of peacebuilding as an expansive framework for education and career planning. The book will be of value to guidance counselors, career centers, academic advisors and mentors, peace teachers, and faculties planning the development or enhancement of programs of study."
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Information Age Publishing has recently reduced the price of Peace Jobs to make it more affordable to students. It is now available for $33.99. It can also be ordered in a
Kindle edition
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Career Coaching
Are you looking to make a career change in 2017 and looking at the peacebuilding and conflict resolution fields? I am career coaching younger and mid-career professionals who are looking to make change.
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"The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything"
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Spring 2017 Talks, Workshops, and Programs
FTX Atlantic Promise, Fellsmere, FL, March 16-19, 2017
Collin College, McKinney, TX, March 22, 2017
Penn State University, State College, PA, March 24, 2017
St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN, March 30-31, 2017
Rockville Human Rights Commission, Rockville, MD, April 15, 2017
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, April 20-21, 2017
Let me know if you are interested in a visit!
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David J. Smith Consulting | davidjsmith@davidjsmithconsulting.com| http://davidjsmithconsulting.com
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