Capital Area Association for Peace Studies (CAAPS)
JUPS Students present about their work with community partner Little Friends for Peace at CAAPS in April 2010. From left to right: Christy Darr (GC'10), Andrew Gaul (GC'12), and Diana Kolar (MSB'12).
The Capital Area Association for Peace Studies (CAAPS) was founded in 1988 in order to promote cooperation among peace-related curricular programs in the Washington Consortium. Since then, it has brought together students and faculty from area universities through periodic conferences, workshops, and a newsletters designed to enhance access to area resources in the growing, multidisciplinary field of peace studies. A mainstay of CAAPS is its annual student conference, a forum for the presentation of student research and the exchange of experience and ideas among students, faculty, and members of the D.C. peacemaking community. The conference is a moveable feast hosted on a revolving basis; in past years it has found an enthusiastic reception at American University, Catholic University, Georgetown University, The George Washington University, and Trinity College.
The 2011 Student Conference was held at Trinity College on March 26th. Students from several area universitites, including Georgetown, presented their posters, research, and community-based work over the course of the day. Among those presenters was Justice and Peace 2011 graduate, Danielle LoVallo, who presented on "Improving the responses to interpersonal violence at Georgetown University," part of her senior thesis project.
Daryn Cambridge, "experiential educator and trainer focusing on peace, social justice, and civic engagement with a digital tech and social media twist," provided the keynote address. Daryn is Director for Knowledge & Digital Strategies at the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict and an adjunct professor at American University. You can read the remarks from his address on his blog.
Information about the 2012 CAAPS conference will be posted here as soon as it becomes available.
