Join Our JUHAN Breakout Session on November 8
Students and the Director of Fairfield University’s JUHAN (Jesuit Universities Humanitarian Action Network) will provide an overview of JUHAN, and its involvement in Jesuit schools worldwide. We will talk about our student-run JUHAN club, and our...
Academic Conference Call Series – Lessons from Iraq and Afghanistan: Facing Future Defense Challenges
Wednesday, November 4, 12:00 pm—1:00 pm, (ET); Lessons from Iraq and Afghanistan: Facing Future Defense Challenges with Speaker Janine Davidson, Senior Fellow for Defense Policy, Council on Foreign Relations. Background Reading: Defense in Depth Blog, Withdrawal...
Theology Roundtable – Religious Responses to Refugees and Immigrants
Fordham University will be hosting a Theology Roundtable titled “Religious Responses to Refugees and Immigrants” on October 28, 2015 in McMahon 109 from 2:30 – 4:00pm, LC campus. Speakers include Mayra Peters-Quintero, Angel G. Diaz, and...
Are You an Ethical Aid Worker? (Streamed Online)
Description Humanitarians are not just going to conflict regions and areas affected by typhoons or earthquakes to provide aid to affected people. That’s only the first step. Once on the ground, they need to deal with...
Academic Conference Call Series – Religion and Global Affairs
Thursday, October 22: 2:00 pm—3:00 pm, (ET) Religion and Global Affairs, with Speaker Katherine Marshall, Senior Fellow, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, Georgetown University For questions about the conference call series or to...
“Nothing to Fear, Much to Gain” – An Interfaith Dinner Discussion and Panel
What’s To Fear? Interfaith Engagement – A Dinner Discussion and Panel Thursday, October 22, 5-7pm in the Dolan School of Business Dining Room. FYE Credit – Sign up through Org Sync/Common Ground Against the backdrop of...
Summer Service Trip with Simply Smiles
Simply Smiles is a not-for-profit organization that provides bright futures for impoverished children, their families, and their communities. On the Reservation in South Dakota, students will spend the week doing home construction projects and running summer...
JUHAN 2015 Conference: Ending Enduring Human Suffering
A cornerstone of JUHAN are the student leadership conferences. The conferences are intensive immersion programs that orient students and faculty to all facets of humanitarian emergencies. JUHAN 2015 CONFERENCE DATES: JUNE 9-12, 2015 THEME: ENDING ENDURING...
Center for Faith & Public Life Events
Center for Faith & Public Life Events Conversation on Immigration In 2012, President Obama took executive action to extend what is known as deferred action for childhood arrivals (DACA) status to young immigrants living in the...