“Inequity deprives us all and prevents us from reaping the benefits of our differences,” President Tuajuanda Jordan remarked in her welcoming address at the Inequality Workshop, held on Friday, February 26, on the SMCM campus. The event was organized by Student Ambassadors who volunteer at the Center for the Study of Democracy, organizing civic events Find out more »
CSD Student Ambassadors Getting Ready for Baltimore
The Center for the Study of Democracy started an exciting new program in the Fall of 2015, involving students in organizing public events that have covered such themes as religious movements, U.S.-Russia relations, intellectual property issues, environmental advocacy, and European security issues. Student Ambassadors are the Center’s liaisons to SMCM and Maryland communities. Student Ambassadors Find out more »
2016 Schaefer Legislative Internship Winner Announced
Brendan Benge, a political science major, was selected in January 2016 to receive the William Donald Schaefer Legislative Internship. Brendan will spend much of his time in Annapolis where he will have a unique opportunity to assist in the representation of SMCM in the politics and administration of state government. In this capacity, Brendan will Find out more »
The Center in Moscow: Problems of Global Governance
Executive Director of the Center, Dr. Maija Harkonen, was invited to give a presentation Governing the Use of Outer Space: Debris Management at the 10th Anniversary International Conference: “Problems of Global Governance: Economy, Politics, Security” at Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) on November 25-26, 2016. Professor Tatiana Shakeleina, Head of the Department of Find out more »
Dr. Angela Davis – The Voice of the Oppressed
“There are 2.5 million people behind bars in the United States, Dr. Angela Davis started her public lecture at St Mary’s College of Maryland on October 29, 2015. “Most are poor and people of color. Since 2010, the female jail population has been the fastest growing correctional population.” Dr. Davis, a legendary counterculture activist and Find out more »
What’s Next Mr. Putin?
“Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma”, said Winston Churchill, England’s Prime Minister in the early 1940s and 1950s. In recent years, Western analysts see Russia’s foreign policy full of riddles: some mystifying, others misleading and all serving to undermine a modicum of predictability that characterized the relations between Washington and Find out more »
Environmental Democracy – an Interview of Paul Hirt
In the 1960s, American cities were choked by air pollution and factories released pollutants directly into rivers and streams. Toxic chemicals made farmworkers sick and left children with life-long developmental problems. In comparison to these past times, the U.S. environment today is in relatively good shape, although much work remains to be done, according to Find out more »