2018
The Status of Colombia’s Peace Processes with the FARC and ELN
Gimena Sánchez-Garzoli, Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA)
January 24, 2018
American Injustice: Mercy, Humanity, and Making a Difference
Bryan Stevenson, author of Just Mercy
March 19, 2018
Dead Man Walking: the Journey Continues
Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking
March 26, 2018
The Call of Service: a Restorative Vision to Sustain Us
Howard Zehr, distinguished Professor of Restorative Justice at Eastern Mennonite University's Center for Justice and Peacebuilding. October 11, 2018
Co-sponsored by Campus Ministry, CCS+J, and Messina.
Race Relations in the Age of Trump
William Julius Wilson, renowned sociologist and the Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor at Harvard University, addressed the structural roots of urban poverty and current race relations. November 14, 2018.
Co-sponsored by CCS+J, Messina, Community-Engaged Learning and Scholarship, with financial support from the President's Office.
2017
Baltimore Ceasefire
Erricka Bridgeford and Ellen Gee speak about their efforts to reduce gun violence in the city.
September 21, 2017
Religious Persecution and Peacebuilding in India
Archbishop John Barwa, S.V.D., Archdiocese of Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, India. Co-sponsored with Catholic Studies
October 3, 2017
2014
"The Price of Inaction"
Samantha Nutt, advocate for reform in humanitarian aid, founder and director of War Child North America. A medical doctor and a founder of the renowned international humanitarian organization War Child, Dr. Nutt has worked with children and their families at the frontline of many of the world's major crises. A leading authority on current affairs, war, international aid, and foreign policy, Dr. Nutt is one of the most intrepid and recognized voices in the humanitarian arena. Also author of Damned Nations: Greed, Guns, Armies, and Aid.
October 2, 2014
“Life in the Republic of Letters: Poetry's Protest as Pathway to Peace”
Poetry reading, talk, and discussion with prize-winning poet and University of Connecticut Professor V. Penelope Pelizzon
September 24, 2014
The Keeper of the Mountain
A talk presented by the environmental group The Keeper of the Mountain, who work against mountaintop removal: http://www.mountainkeeper.org/
October 21, 2014
Meditation Activity
In support of No Impact Week.
October 26, 2014
People’s Climate March
A contingent of students and faculty attended the People’s Climate March in New York City promoted by the 350.org group, and in support of global environmental equity.
September 21, 2014
Film Screening: Disruption
September 14, 2014
Eddie Conway, formerly incarcerated, speaks to troubled youth
April 2014
Sandra Steingraber, environmental activist
March 2014
Colin Goddard, Virginia Tech shootings survivor
February 2014
Mandela Teach-in
January 2014
2013
Baltimore College Peace Network Meeting
December 2013
"Moral Repair After War"
Presented by Nancy Sherman.
November 2013
"Race and Poverty in Baltimore"
Presented by Ralph E. Moore.
October 2013
"Sustainability and Non-Violence"
Presented by Brayton and Suzanne Shanley of the Agape Community.
September 2013
"Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and the Arab Spring"
Aziz Abu Sarah, George Mason University
April 2, 2013
2012
Faculty Peace Studies Workshop
George Lopez of the Kroc Institute presented central aspects of building Peace and Justice Studies programs.
December 1, 2012
"Responsibility to Protect: Can We Prevent Mass Atrocities?"
George Lopez, University of Notre Dame
November 30, 2012
Film Screening: Why We Fight
November 30, 2012
Film Screening: Inside Job
November 8, 2012
Frederick Douglass tour of Baltimore
Joby Taylor, Shriver Center at UMBC
October 27, 2012
“The Geography of Genocide in Bosnia: Redeeming the Earth”
David Pettigrew, Southern Connecticut State University
October 25, 2012
"Teaching Peace in the 21st Century: 4th Annual Summer Institute for Faculty"
Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame.
June 10-15, 2012
"Schools not Prisons: A Message and a Challenge"
Rev. Heber Brown, Pleasant Hope Baptist Church
March 29, 2012
2011
"Rhetoric and Reality: Examining the Iraq War"
Josh Stieber, Conscientious Objector
December 2, 2011
Film Screening: Conviction
Followed by a discussion with Sister Carole Gilbert and Sister Ardeth Platte, two of the nuns whose story the film documents.
November 9, 2011