Introducing the Inaugural Paul Forage Fellows

In our continued commitment to nurture future leaders in the realm of humanitarian education, the Forage Center proudly unveils the first-ever participants of the Paul Forage Fellows Program.



"By launching the Paul Forage Fellows Program, we aim to build bridges for emerging leaders in humanitarian education," expressed David J. Smith, Forage Center President. "Dr. Paul Forage envisioned a world where mentorship and continuous engagement flourished. Through this initiative, we are actualizing his dream."

News and Notes:

• The Forage Center is working with the Harvard Humanitarian Institute (HHI) based in Cambridge, MA to learn about each other's programs and mutually support our efforts. Forage Center officials will be visiting HHI's program in the spring, and HHI officials will be visiting the Forage Center's summer program in Western Maryland.



• The Forage Center would like to thank Priscilla Briones for all her hard work over the last year as our Administrative Specialist. Priscilla has resigned to pursue other opportunities, and we are welcoming a new Administrative Specialist Taylor Goodrich to the team!

• The Rethinking Humanitarian Podcast delves into the topic of what makes a crisis. "Lack of adequate shelter, contaminated drinking water, natural disasters that overwhelm the capacity to respond: These humanitarian crises happen all over the world, yet they’re rarely described as such when they occur in the Global North. Instead, humanitarian crises are typically seen as an issue that plagues poor parts of the world." Read more...

• Columnist Colbert I. King argued recently in the Washington Post that, "Migrants used as political pawns deserve more humanitarian aid." Read more...

• Emma Laigaisse wrote about the Forage Center's 2023 simulation. Read more...

• Reis Thebault of the Washington Post sheds light "Inside the complex effort to rid Maui of toxic fire debris and rubble." Read more