Supporting Students
At the Forage Center, we recognize students who enthusiastically seek to dedicate their careers, skills, and lives to humanitarian service. We’re here to support them as they take the first steps into this complex and demanding field. ​​​
Hands On Experience
The Forage Center exists to empower a new generation of relief workers to contribute their talents in the world’s most challenging environments. It is imperative that responders cultivate adaptability, resilience, and practical experience in order to affect real-world change.
Practitioner Mentorship
​​Humanitarian action and peacebuilding is not implemented in isolation. Forage Center programs focus on teams in a whole community approach, highlighting the importance of conflict resolution, collective planning, cooperation, and trust building.​
The Forage Center prepares individuals with essential & human-centered response to crisis, conflict, and disaster.
About the Forage Center
The Forage Center empowers emerging humanitarians by providing educational opportunities and experiential-based training for students, educators, and professionals working in peacebuilding and humanitarian environments around the world.
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A 501c3, the Forage Center:
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Develops and runs live scenario training programs for higher education and professional audiences designed to improve the skills and knowledge base of those working in conflict, disasters, and other complex emergencies.
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Offers educational programs for colleges and universities, professional groups, and the general public on peacebuilding and humanitarian issues.
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​Consults with professional groups, academia, non-governmental organizations, and governments on the best practices for working in complex emergencies.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging
Welcoming, understanding, respecting, and collaborating with those called to serve as peacebuilders and humanitarians and those we serve is at the heart of what we do. We believe all people are deserving of living as their authentic selves in safe environments where basic human needs are met. The Forage Center embraces differences and regularly engages in discussions on improving our diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging values internally and in our education and training efforts.
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Land Acknowledgement
The land of the Forage Center's training facility in Western Maryland was once the traditional home of the Massawomeck and other Indigenous people.
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We are grateful to live, educate, and work here. As part of our commitment to honoring the Massawomeck and other Indigenous people, we are committed to donating 10% of our annual field exercise net revenue to the Native American Rights Fund.
