Vote, Run, Lead: A Virtual Dialogue on Women’s Political Participation
September 29 at 10:00 AM (PST)
Join the San Diego Diplomacy Council for a virtual discussion on women’s political participation in Cyprus, Montenegro, Suriname and the US.
Politifest 2020: Pick Your Future
September 29 – October 3
Herbert Scoville, Jr. Peace Fellowship
Application Deadline: October 2, 2020 (for Spring 2021 Semester Program)
The Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship Program invites recent college and graduate school alumni to apply for full-time, six-to-nine month fellowships in Washington, DC. Outstanding individuals will be selected to work with nonprofit, public-interest organizations addressing peace and security issues. Applications are especially encouraged from candidates with a strong interest in these issues who have prior experience with public-interest activism or advocacy. The purpose of the fellowship is to provide an opportunity for college graduates to gain practical knowledge and experience by contributing to the efforts of nonprofit, public-interest organizations working on peace and security issues.
Fellows receive a salary of $3,400 per month and basic health insurance compensation, plus travel expenses to Washington, DC. The program also provides $1,000 per fellow for professional development to attend relevant conferences or meetings that could cover travel, accommodations, and registration fees, or to take a language or policy course. The program arranges meetings for the fellows with policy experts and social networking events with alumni. Fellows also receive mentoring from a board member and a former fellow. Some lenders may permit Scoville Fellows to defer college loan payments during their fellowship.
Eligibility
- Prospective fellows are expected to demonstrate excellent academic accomplishments and a strong interest in issues of peace and security.
- Graduate study, a college major, course work, or substantial independent reading that reflects the substantive focus of the fellowship is also a plus.
- Prior experience with public-interest activism or advocacy is highly desirable. It is preferred, but not required, that such activities be focused on peace and security issues.
- Experience with public-interest activism or advocacy such as
- Organizing a campus forum and/or outreach campaign, meeting with decisionmakers, or rallies;
- Working with or joining a campus, local, or national organization;
- Active participation in conferences;
- Writing and publication of opinion pieces in both traditional and new media.
- Candidates are required to have completed a baccalaureate degree by the time the fellowship commences.
- Preference is given to United States citizens, although a fellowship to a foreign national residing in the U.S. is awarded periodically.
For more information about this opportunity, including how to apply, click here.
PeaceCon 2020: Pandemics, Peace, Justice: Shaping What Comes Next
December 7-9, 2020
In the midst of a global pandemic, rising global violence, and a national and worldwide reckoning over systemic injustice and racism, PeaceCon 2020 will bring together experts and practitioners to consider the interplay of justice and peacebuilding, and strategies to elevate and integrate peacebuilding in our collective effort to shape a more just, secure and peaceful future in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Peace and Conflict Studies Journal Conference
February 10 & 11, 2021 // Nova Southeastern University’s main campus in Ft. Lauderdale
This conference hosts the PCSJ community for a timely and urgent exploration of the divisive social, political and economic forces that are driving so much conflict, and what our field can bring in terms of theories, research and practice solutions.
Call for Papers for Border Walls and Borderlands: Security, Environment and Resistance International Conference
This international conference is organized by the Raoul-Dandurand chair at the Univeristy of Quebec in Montreal. Occurring May 19-20, 2021 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Deadline for abstract submission: November 1, 2020 (for both paper and art installation submissions).
U.S. Institute of Peace – Global Campus
The current responses to COVID-19 and systemic racism have created an increased demand for resources and training to help today’s peacebuilders transform violent conflicts in their communities and to assist people who are seeking nonviolent change around the world. To meet that demand, the U.S. Institute of Peace is offering its entire catalog of online courses tuition-free from now until the end of 2020.
Congress founded the Institute to strengthen America’s ability to reduce costly armed conflicts abroad—and its education and training programs are a core method by which USIP pursues that mission. Over its 35 years, the Institute has trained tens of thousands of peacebuilders from 198 countries and territories in the skills needed to prevent or reduce violence. The Institute’s trainees have included U.S. and foreign diplomats and military personnel, police officers, government officials, conflict resolution practitioners, students—and ordinary citizens working to build sustainable peace in their communities.
USIP has built its Global Campus—an online training center with 33 courses in basic conflict resolution skills and peacebuilding tools—to help policymakers, practitioners and people working to build peace internationally or in their own communities. The online training includes introductory micro-courses that require at most three hours of study and full-length courses that may require 10 to 20 hours to complete. Online trainees receive a certificate of completion.
Career Services Webinar Series hosted by National Peace Corps Association
NPCA launched a Career Services webinar series led by Dr. Ronda Ansted. Dr. Ansted has spent most of her professional life in the non-profit and international development fields. She was a mid-career PCV in South Africa and became a career consultant.
EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament eLearning Course
Due to the Covid-19 outbreak, distance learning has become significantly more important to lecturers and students. As you might be aware, the EU established a European network of independent non-proliferation think tanks in 2010, managed by the six members of the EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Consortium (EUNPDC). One major project of the consortium is the development and maintenance of this online course. The course is completely free of charge, GDPR compliant and does require registration only for users who want one of several certificates. Our course comprises fifteen learning units that cover a whole range of issues; including arms control theory and WMD, conventional weapons, humanitarian arms control, missiles and emerging technologies. It has been used by 1000+ persons already, and features in syllabi by the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) and other international institutions.