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• Reflections on Environmental Peacebuilding, COP26 and Faith-Informed Work

  Episode 49
  Published: 2022-01-06
  Length: 42:09
  Hosts: Fr. Emmanuel Katongole

  Emmanuel Katongole, professor of theology and peace studies, talks with recent peace studies graduate and climate activist Elsa Barron (B.A. '21) who attended the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow (COP26) in November 2021. Here they discuss their commitments to environmental peacebuilding, Katongole's work with the Bethany Land Institute in Uganda, the ways faith informs their environmental commitments, and the future of climate change activism.

  Barron also produces the Olive Shoot podcast, where this episode will also air. 

  Topics: Activism, Alumni, Environment, Peacebuilding, Uganda, United Nations, United Nations Climate Change Conference

• SheLeads4Peace Summer School

  Episode 73
  Published: 2024-01-22
  Length: 37:38
  Hosts: Anna Van Overberghe

  Every year, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) hosts the SheLeads4Peace Summer School, a program dedicated to providing women peacebuilders the necessary skills to be a leader for peace as they transition from their education into their professional careers. For the past two years, the Kroc Institute has had the privilege of partnering with UNITAR to send a delegation of seven Notre Dame undergraduate women to Geneva to take part in this event.

  In this episode, Anna Van Overberghe, assistant director for Academic Administration and Undergraduate Studies, is joined by Mary Kate Cashman (BA '24), Erin Tutaj (BA '24), and Ella Ermshler (BA '25), three peace studies students who participated in the 2023 SheLeads4Peace Summer School this past August.

  Topics: Peace Studies Students, United Nations, United Nations Institute for Training and Research