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.
December 10, 2020, 9 AM PST
PCDN is planning on launching a group career coaching option to help even more people advance careers of impact. PCDN is holding a session on Thursday, December 10 at 12 PM EST (9 AM PST) with Elisabeth Kvitashvili, a leading development and humanitarian relief practitioner with a 35+ year career at USAID. She will provide actionable tips on how to build a career in the humanitarian sector, with a particular focus on how the field is changing in the 21st century.
GBY Fest – Global Black Youth Virtual Fest
December 11-12, 2020
The Global Black Youth Fest 2020 is a 2-day, virtual event that creates intentional & alternative spaces for the advancement of Black perspectives, scholarship, positions and conditions on a global scale. The Fest is a completely interactive event featuring plenary sessions, debates, workshops, networking, thematic, regional and globally based discussions running concurrently, culminating in a live concert.
Call For Papers: Journal for Peace and Justice Studies
Deadline for submission: January 15, 2021
The Journal for Peace and Justice studies is seeking scholarly articles for
publication in our next edition. The Journal publishes a variety of
disciplines, including but not limited to, philosophy, theology, social and
political theories, public policy, nursing, law, and education. While it
encourages contributions arising from the Judeo-Christian intellectual
traditions, the Journal welcomes submissions from any perspective that
promotes peace and seeks to build a just society.
Manuscript submissions should be accompanied by a cover letter containing
all contact information and title of the essay. No identifying information
may be in the submission itself. All manuscripts submitted for publication
must be prepared for blind review. Articles should be double-spaced
throughout. An abstract of 100 to 150 words and a bibliography must be included with the submission. Authors are advised to use inclusive language throughout the manuscript, and to follow the Chicago Manual Style Sheet (CMS).
For more information, contact the editor at eugene.mccarraher@villanova.edu. Please submit your original manuscript to jpjs@villanova.edu.
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.
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.