Aid, Peacebuilding, and Development Professional

Matt Michels

Passion. Skills. Experience.

Seasoned program manager with 10 years’ experience in education, youth, and peacebuilding, working at both local and global levels on development and crisis response

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Oct 13, 2018

The Kids Aren’t All Right

In my work with PRYDE, I’ve written a lot about the conflicts in the world, how the world seems to be getting more dangerous, and...

Mar 17, 2018

Present and Future

I find it common in international development for those of us with sectoral expertise to view our sector as primary. Whether it’s health...

Oct 21, 2017

The Peacebuilding Two-Step

The 20th century saw a wide range of peace activists. Whether you were calling for the elimination of nuclear weapons, protesting the...

May 20, 2017

Harder Than We Think: Education in Real Terms

How often do we read stories arguing about what we’re teaching our children in school? STEM vs the humanities. Evolution. Sex ed....

Jan 22, 2017

In Service Of…

I grew up in a family of educators. Service to my community was a key theme of my upbringing. For my undergrad studies, I went to...

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