3D Security Initiative

On Saturday November 3rd, I gave this presentation at the Annual Fulbright Conference, this year entitled "People and the Planet."

Click here to see the powerpoint presentation and the handout given out on the "10 Security Implications of Climate Change."

Please feel free to email me at schirchl@emu.edu with comments or questions.

Thanks,
Lisa Schirch

Last week I participated in a conference at the University of Pittsburgh's Matthew B. Ridgway Center for International Security Studies - co-hosted with Physicians for Social Responsibility and the Stanley Foundation - entitled "Securing Our Survival: Meeting the Threats of Nuclear Weapons and Global Warming."

I joined experts on nuclear weapons and the security implications of climate change to discuss the role of diplomacy and conflict prevention in laying out the range of programs needed to increase US and global security.

You can watch my presentation on "The Role of Diplomacy and Conflict Prevention" as well as presentations by the other experts by clicking here.

Click here to link to our report on Congressional Outreach over the last year.

Highlights include a Congressional briefing on "Peacebuilding in Iraq and Afghanistan: Building Security from the Ground Up" and an overview of our visits to over 25 Congressional offices over the last year.

Is the U.S. prepared to prevent violent conflict in countries around the world?

In July 2004, Secretary of State Colin Powell established the Office of the State Department's new Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (S/CRS). The goal of S/CRS is to “lead,
coordinate, and institutionalize U.S. Government civilian capacity to prevent or prepare for post-conflict situations, and to help stabilize and reconstruct societies in transition from conflict or civil strife, so they can reach a sustainable path toward peace, democracy
and a market economy.”

The 3D Security Initiative, along with other advocacy organizations in Washington DC, supports funding for S/CRS. Building civilian capabilities for peacebuilding and conflict prevention is essential to US and global security.