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.
CGUP Fall 2025 Programming
Holding Space for Transformation in Uncertain Times
Facilitator: Dr. Amanda Kemp
Date and Time: Oct. 15, 2025, at 3:30 p.m.
Location: KAV
Dr. Amanda Kemp (Aminata Desert Rose Plant Walker Fire Woman) will lead a timely dialogue to reflect on how recent policy and current events have impacted work in our campus community and beyond. CGUP develops and facilitates programs advancing global understanding, international engagement, and non-violent conflict transformation.
Lecture: Fall 2025 Elizabethtown College Peace Fellow
Title: Peace is not in Our Control
Peace Fellow: Dr. Jeanne Elberfeld
Date and Time: Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, at 7 p.m.
Location: Susquehanna Room
Dr. Jeanne Elberfeld, pediatrician and licensed clinical social worker, will explore how we might build strong children with their families to be integrated, connected beings who are the Light-bearers and Peacemakers we desperately need in these times — body, mind, and spirit.