Events

International and Global Studies’ Global Migration and Diaspora Program presents “Democratic Drain: Global Migration and the Struggle for Democracy” with Justin Gest.

Join us for a Community Conversation around the midterm election. This event welcomes all perspectives and backgrounds, foregrounding Conflict Transformation tools for talking across differences. 

Screening of the new Rolling Stone Films documentary with the protagonist and film team. Q&A session to follow. 

The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs Global Fellows Program presents “Interactive Peacemaking and Coordination in Complex Peace Processes” with Susan Allen.

Join us for a Community Conversation around the midterm election. This event welcomes all perspectives and backgrounds, foregrounding Conflict Transformation tools for talking across differences. 

This will be an opportunity 1) to share your experiences and learning and insights; 2) to hear from your peers about their experiences and learning and insights; and 3) to enjoy a tasty meal together.

By invitation

Join the Conflict Transformation Collaborative for an afternoon of art! Stop by and show us what you think peace can look like—no previous design experience required. CTC staff will be there to doodle along with you. Just bring your curiosity!

What do people seek when they seek justice? A judgment may establish responsibility. A truth commission may create a public record. An oral history may give someone the opportunity to tell a story that has long gone unheard. Although these processes have different powers and purposes, each can provide something fundamental: acknowledgment. Drawing on her work as a human rights lawyer and co-founder of Rerooted, Anoush Baghdassarian, along with her co-founder Ani Schug, will explore acknowledgment as the connective tissue among law, memory, storytelling, and peacebuilding.

Thinking about applying for a 2027 research grant? Join CT Collaborative staff for more information about the process, and ways to align your project with CT strategic foci and learning goals.

Tuesday, September 29, 3:30-4:30pm ET / 12:30-1:30pm PT via Zoom.

Register here by Monday, September 28. A Zoom link will be emailed on September 28 to all who register.

This public event will welcome a delegation of Maori and Pasifika colleagues visiting Middlebury College from Aotearoa/New Zealand. Panel members will discuss the role of purakau (storytelling), waiata (song), and whakatauki (proverbs) in Indigenous Maori and Polynesian practices of wellbeing and planetary stewardship. Through the teachings of the kuaka, a shorebird known for its remarkable migration from Aotearoa to North America, this event invites attendees to explore the idea that journeys are collective and community futures can soar in spaces of mutual learning, responsibility, and relationship.

International Peace Day & Power of Poetry
Thursday, September 24 (12-2pm PT)
Irvine Auditorium (Hybrid Event)

Contact: Marie Butcher (aka Boucher)
mbutcher@middlebury.edu or peacepoetrypolicy@gmail.com

The event is open to the public and free of charge.

Explore how the Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History uses objects and archives to foster empathy and connection. Centered on the Charity & Sylvia collection and curriculum, this program highlights how historical inquiry and object study can open space for reflection, dialogue, and a deeper understanding of the past. Through this work, participants are invited to consider how local history, archives and objects can serve as powerful tools for empathy-building and peacebuilding in our communities.

Join us in the garden for poetry, music, and inspiration during the lunch hour to celebrate Earth Day during Poetry Week 2026.

A structured dialogue about balancing our day-to-day lives with conflict/change in the world around us. 

Join us to reflect, share, learn, offer, and listen, to foster community and connection.

Open to Middlebury students, faculty, and staff 

Light refreshments provided 

Sponsored by The Conflict Transformation Collaborative