GLOBAL PEACEMAKER   LECTURE SERIES •  Humanitarian Response and Local Capacity Building  with Richard Greene

GLOBAL PEACEMAKER LECTURE SERIES • Humanitarian Response and Local Capacity Building with Richard Greene

When: Thursday, April 6, 2023 Time: 6:00PM Where: Conway Hall 153 Free Event With a decades-long career in government and nonprofit service, most recently, Greene worked supporting UNICEF’s emergency humanitarian response efforts throughout the world – particularly in Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen, Somalia, Venezuela, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Syria, Bangladesh, Central America and West Bank/Gaza. Refreshments provided. Co-sponsored by the Conflict Analysis and Dispute Resolution Department, Political Science Department and Clarke Honors College.
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New Book: Ionbhá – The Empathy Book for Ireland

New Book: Ionbhá – The Empathy Book for Ireland

Ionbhá or empathy is a core element of wisdom and a universal language of the soul. It brings joy to the everyday, making the unbearable bearable. “We need empathy in schools just as we need empathy in the world right now” - Cillian Murphy, Actor and Patron of the UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre. The wide range of contributions to the publication Ionbhá act like a compass, guiding us on things that really matter in life. Reflections on empathy illuminate its healing properties, vividly opening our eyes to the countless ways in which its power can shape us all. This collection shows that no matter how…
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