MC Peace Studies

Incoming Director of @Manhattan_Peace Dr. @kevin_ahern received the Eileen Egan National Peacemaker Award by Pax Christi Metro New York! manhattan.edu/news/archive/2…

It was a pleasure having @ThomasHillPeace as our guest at @ManhattanEdu today - thanks for your insights into how the Iraq war impacted the civilians of that country.

TODAY, 3pm, MGL 311: Peace and Justice Week 2023 concludes with Dr. @ThomasHillPeace discussing the impact of the war on Iraq on Iraqi civilians - "IRAQ: TWO DECADES OF PAIN, LOSS AND DESTRUCTION. TO WHAT END?"

This Wednesday, 4/26, 3pm, MGL 311: Dr. @ThomasHillPeace will discuss the impact of the war on Iraq on Iraqi civilians - "IRAQ: TWO DECADES OF PAIN, LOSS AND DESTRUCTION. TO WHAT END?"

TODAY, Thursday, 4/20, 6:30pm, Miguel 311 - Poet, Memoirist, and Veteran Brian Turner.

Thanks to Dr. Nadia Abu El-Haj for her presentation on "Reckoning with Militarism" and to the students and faculty who attended her event on Wed, 4/19!

Today, Wed., 4/19, Noon, Kelly 5C - Nadia Abu El-Haj speaks on "Reckoning with Militarism." Part of Peace and Justice Week 2023 - 20 Years On: The Legacy of the War in Iraq.

Starting next Tuesday, 4/18 - Peace and Justice Week 2023: The Legacy of the War in Iraq.

Eunice Nazar (L) and Isabel Frazza (C) were recipients of this year's Pope John XXIII Medal in Peace Studies, the highest award given to graduating Peace and Justice Studies majors - congratulations to them both!

Co-winner of the 2022 Pope John XXIII Medal in Peace Studies Isabel Frazza will be presenting her senior honors thesis on LGBTQ+ faculty at Catholic secondary schools this Tuesday, 5/10 at noon in Miguel 204!

This Wed, 4/20, Kelly 5A, 4:30pm: A conversation with @brandale2221 about social entrepreneurship, incarceration, and abolitionism. @brandale2221 is the founder of 1853 Cycles, which hires formerly incarcerated women and provides them with living wages and skilled work.

Peace and Justice Week(s) 2022 continues on Monday, 4/11 with the Aquinas Lecture by @lewgord - "A Black Existential Philosophical Analysis of Race and Racism." 4pm, Kelly Commons 5A/5B

Peace and Justice Week(s) continues this Tuesday, 4/5 at 3:30pm in DLS 300 - Chhaya Chhoum will speak about her work as Executive Director of MekongNYC, a non-profit organization that serves Southeast Asians in the Bronx and throughout New York City!

Starting next week! Peace and Justice Week(s) 2022 - Contemporary Pathways to Peace and Justice. For more details go to manhattan.edu/news/archive/2…

This Wed, 3/23 at 12 noon in Miguel 201 - a faculty/student discussion on the crisis in Ukraine.

Starting later this month, a series of events exploring contemporary pathways to Peace and Justice - hope you can join us! #peaceandjusticeweek

Please join us on the Quad at @ManhattanEdu next Tuesday, 3/1 at 3:30pm for a prayer of peace to end the violence caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Join us on Tuesday, 2/8 at 3:30pm in Kelly 5C to learn more about the current situation in Afghanistan and what you can do to help Afghan refugees.

All members of the Manhattan College community are invited to come share their experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic and how they think the pandemic should inform the work we all do to forward the college's Lasallian mission. Tues, 10/26, 3:30pm, Kelly 5B/C.