Timing
A (Pandemic) Year in the Life of a Peace Teacher

A (Pandemic) Year in the Life of a Peace Teacher

Date: Thursday, July 8, 2021 / Time: 1:00pm - 2:15pm EDT

On July 8, USIP hosted the 2019-2021 Peace Teachers as they shared their experiences, insights and strategies for engaging new generations in peacebuilding based on their time in the program — including how their own approaches to teaching conflict and peace evolved during this tumultuous period.

Education & Training

The Role of Higher Education in Resolving Conflict and its Consequences

The Role of Higher Education in Resolving Conflict and its Consequences

Date: Tuesday, November 19, 2019 / Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm 

USIP and NAFSA: Association of International Educators explored best practices in peacebuilding shared by experts from the peacebuilding and international education communities. The event examined ties between higher education and conflict resolution and consider innovative approaches for creating—and sustaining—more peaceful societies.

Education & Training

A Year in the Life of a Peace Teacher

A Year in the Life of a Peace Teacher

Date: Friday, July 12, 2019 / Time: 10:00am - 11:30am 

Young people are hungry for examples of people working for peace in some of the world’s most violent conflicts, and they are curious about ways they too can make a positive difference. Join us on July 12 as USIP’s current Peace Teachers reflect on their year providing students with the tools to have an impact on their community—and the world—through peacebuilding.

YouthEducation & Training

Moving from Ideas to Action on Youth, Peace and Security

Moving from Ideas to Action on Youth, Peace and Security

Date: Friday, September 14, 2018 / Time: 4:30am - 6:00am 

On September 14, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), a Geneva-based training arm of the United Nations, and the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), an independent institute dedicated to the elimination of violent conflict, convened a strategic group of stakeholders to explore concrete ways the international community can support wider and more meaningful engagement of youth in peacebuilding.

YouthEducation & Training

A Year in the Life of a Peace Teacher

A Year in the Life of a Peace Teacher

Date: Tuesday, July 10, 2018 / Time: 10:00am - 11:30am 

At a time when violent international conflict and the threat of extremism loom large, four high school teachers in Missouri, Montana, Oklahoma, and Florida have spent the last year taking part in a U.S. Institute of Peace program to help their students gain the knowledge, skills and perspectives they need to work toward a more peaceful world.

Education & Training

Building Colombia’s New Peace

Building Colombia’s New Peace

Date: Friday, March 24, 2017 / Time: 3:10pm - 4:45pm 

USIP and Colombia’s University of Cartagena webcast a live forum March 24 with Colombian youth leaders and students working toward post-war reconciliation. A panel of peacebuilders discussed with them the growing roles for youth leaders in healing violent conflicts in Colombia and globally.

YouthEducation & Training

Building the Programs That Can Better Build the Peace

Building the Programs That Can Better Build the Peace

Date: Tuesday, March 7, 2017 / Time: 9:30am - 11:00am 

In countries worldwide, governmental and private agencies run programs to prevent violent conflicts and reduce their causes—notably broad social injustices, corruption and human rights abuses. But how effective are these programs? On March 7, a consortium of peacebuilding organizations presented improved ways to measure and maximize the impact of programs to prevent violence, stabilize conflict zones and build peace and security abroad.

Mediation, Negotiation & DialogueConflict Analysis & PreventionEducation & TrainingGlobal Policy

The Arab Woman: Enhancing Leadership & Resilience

The Arab Woman: Enhancing Leadership & Resilience

Date: Monday, December 5, 2016 / Time: 5:00am - 10:30am 

On December 5, to mark the Fifth Annual Arab-American Day, the League of Arab States and the U.S. Institute of Peace hosted a discussion with Arab women leaders, academics and policymakers, including the newly-elected Minnesota House Representative and Somali American, Ilhan Omar, on how education and economic opportunities can engage women and men in supporting women’s voices, equality and success.

EnvironmentEducation & TrainingGenderFragility & ResilienceEconomics

Webcast: End Female Genital Mutilation

Webcast: End Female Genital Mutilation

Date: Friday, December 2, 2016 / Time: 4:00am - 12:00pm 

More than 200 million girls and women in 30 countries live with the medical and emotional complications of female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM/C), UNICEF estimates. As part of the United Nations’ global development goals, governments worldwide declared their intent two years ago to end this human rights violation by 2030. On December 2, USIP held a day-long conference in which expert educators, medical providers, law enforcement officials, religious leaders and others laid groundwork for an intensified global strategy that will be required to meet the 2030 goal.

Education & TrainingGenderJustice, Security & Rule of LawHuman Rights