Extracurricular Opportunities: Week of June 28, 2021

BOSS LADIES: A Frank Conversation About Women’s Rise to Power and the Struggle to Keep it

Thursday, July 22, 2021 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM PDT

This national dialogue will explore how inequality continues to impact our workplaces and what we can do to advance the cause of women — to create more equity and to find A Path Forward.

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School of Leadership and Education Sciences: Developing Leaders for Outdoor Equity

Starting July 29th, 2021 9:00 – 10:45 AM

This program includes a workshop series on historical and contemporary issues of exclusion and inequity as they relate to our public lands, paired with seminars to develop transformational leadership skills of participants. Special program content has been developed by Outdoor Outreach, The Nonprofit Institute at the University of San Diego, and the US Fish & Wildlife Service.

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Georg Arnhold International Summer Conference

August 23 – 27, 2021

The Georg Eckert Institute for International Textbook Research (GEI) is pleased to announce the Georg Arnhold International Summer Conference, which will take place online from 23 to 27 August 2021. The Summer Conference will explore aspects and topics related to the environmental crisis and education.

This year’s Summer Conference will address important questions and topics related to education in the face of the environmental crisis. The Georg Arnhold Program on Education for Sustainable Peace focuses on content, educational media and curricula for secondary schools.


International Conference on Conflict and Peace Studies

December 9-10, 2021 in New York, United States

The International Research Conference is a federated organization dedicated to bringing together a significant number of diverse scholarly events for presentation within the conference program. Events will run over a span of time during the conference depending on the number and length of the presentations. With its high quality, it provides an exceptional value for students, academics and industry researchers.

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The Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship

A full-time, six-to-nine month fellowship in Washington, DC. Outstanding individuals will be selected to work with nonprofit, public-interest organizations addressing peace and security issues. This opportunity provides recent college and graduate school alumni with the opportunity to gain a Washington perspective on key issues of peace and security.

Scoville Fellows will choose to work with one of the twenty-six organizations participating in the program. Fellows may undertake a variety of activities, including research, writing, and organizing that support the goals of their host organization.

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. Application Information.

Application Deadlines:

Spring 2022 Fellowship: October 1, 2021

Fall 2022 Fellowship: January 7, 2022


Elected Officials to Protect America

Become a National Fellow! EOPA is now accepting applications for part of full-time Fellows. They are seeking highly motivated, dedicated, and passionate changemakers to assist with a variety of projects in the startup phase, including research, outreach, strategy, partnerships, fundraising, and communications. If you want to contribute to a high-leverage start-up campaign and make a national difference, this fellowship is for you. More information regarding the fellowship and how to apply can be found on their website.


GLOBAL POLICY. DIPLOMACY. SUSTAINABILITY. FELLOWSHIP Summer Cohort Application Open

The Global Policy, Diplomacy, and Sustainability Fellowship seeks to provide its fellows with a foundational understanding of governance, policy, sustainable ecosystems, and strategic issues. Fellows are united by their passion to bring about a global change, and typically come from a wide variety of countries and backgrounds. If you are interested in applying to be a part of their summer cohort, learn more and apply here.


Global Shapers Community Los Angeles

The World Economic Forum Los Angeles Global Shapers is recruiting their next class of leaders!

Being part of the community has been an incredibly rewarding experience, from working on local impact projects to collaborating with fellow shapers around the world, to becoming friends with truly inspiring people.

The hub accepts new applicants on a monthly rolling basis for available openings. Please complete the application on their website to be considered or tag someone you think might be a good fit.


U.S. Institution of Peace’s Global Campus

In effort to support peacebuilders across the globe in a time of increased use of virtual tools, the Global Campus is transforming into a new, cutting-edge online learning community platform.

This new platform offers:

  • New courses and improved course content.
  • Quicker and more user-friendly experience.
  • Community-building and networking opportunities.

All free of charge. 


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.


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