CGUP Programming
Every semester, the Center for Global Understanding and Peacebuilding (CGUP) hosts a series of events designed to foster intercultural understanding, promote global citizenship, and advance the values of peace and social justice. These events include engaging lectures, interactive workshops, and community discussions that align with the Center's mission of equipping students, faculty, and staff to become responsible citizens of the world.
Spring 2025 Events
Unexpected Peace: Movie Screening and Discussion with Dr. Jonathan Bornman, Filmmaker
Date and Time: April 3, 2025, at 3:30 p.m.
Film: Watch the Film
About the Filmmaker: Learn More
From the Website:
Amidst difference, scarcity, and injustice, fear divides. Anger boils. Conflict erupts.
All too often, violence follows, resulting in physical, spiritual, and emotional damage. Lives are lost.
Is there another way?
Do peacebuilding, forgiveness, and reconciliation even work in the real world?
Unexpected Peace, a documentary, invites you to join Dr. Bornman as he journeys across cultures to find alternatives to violence that work in the real world.
While the camera captures the spirit, context, and energy of the places and people Dr. Bornman encounters on his quest for peace and nonviolence, he aims to seek out the common traits and practices that link these communities and individuals despite geographic, religious, and cultural differences.
Viewers can explore and learn along with Dr. Bornman as he asks how we might pursue meaningful peacebuilding and reconciliation to transform our world and usher in the peace we rarely dare to imagine.
Panel Discussion and Lunch: Education of Girls Across the Globe
Date and Time: February 24, 2025, at 12:30 p.m.
Location: Susquehanna Room
This panel brings together a panel of faculty, staff, and students to discuss the differences and similarities in education, specifically for girls and women, across the globe. An internationally themed lunch is provided.
Trip to Washington, D.C.: National Museum of Women in the Arts
Date: March 22, 2025
Join us for a trip to the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C., where you can explore groundbreaking exhibits showcasing women’s contributions to art and culture.
The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity and My Fight Against the Islamic State by Nadia Murad (Ware Lecture Book Group)
Dates and Times:
- March 11 at 3:30 p.m.
- March 13 at 7 p.m.
- March 25 at 3:30 p.m.
- March 27 at 7 p.m.
The Last Girl is a harrowing account of the genocide against the Yazidi people of Iraq and Nadia Murad’s imprisonment by the so-called Islamic State (ISIS). In this powerful memoir, Nadia sheds light on her personal journey of survival, resilience, and advocacy for justice.
Join the book group to discuss Nadia’s experiences and her call for programs promoting health, relocation, justice, and reparations for thousands of displaced survivors. Explore her vision for global humanitarian efforts that transcend political and cultural divisions to build a better future for women, children, and persecuted minorities.
Ware Lecture: Nadia Murad
Date and Time: April 10, 2025, at 7 p.m.
Location: Leffler Chapel and Performance Center
In this inspiring lecture, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nadia Murad will share her story of survival and advocacy. She will outline actionable programs to support displaced survivors. Nadia will also discuss the urgent need for global, united humanitarian efforts to overcome political and cultural divides, creating a better future for women, children, and persecuted minorities worldwide.