ISH hosts the California Commission on the State of Hate for Convening on Online and K-12 Hate Prevention Policy

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On October 31, scholars, policy makers, educators, and advocates from across California gathered in the Luskin Conference Center to develop innovative solutions for preventing and reducing hate online and in California schools. This convening…

Dialogue across Difference Initiative

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Dear Bruin Community We are writing to share that the UCLA Dialogue across Difference (DaD) Initiative, which is now housed in the Bedari Kindness Institute, is sponsoring a range of programs, trainings and teaching opportunities on campus…

Appointment of David N. Myers, Distinguished Professor and Sady and Ludwig Kahn Chair in Jewish History appointed Faculty Director of the Bedari Kindness Institute

Dear Colleagues, Following an internal search, David N. Myers, Distinguished Professor and Sady and Ludwig Kahn Chair in Jewish History in the UCLA Department of History, has been named faculty director of the UCLA Bedari Kindness Institute. The…

Patricia Greenfield to Give 133rd UCLA Faculty Research Lecture

BKI faculty member Patricia Greenfield will be giving the 133rd UCLA Faculty Research Lecture, a prestigious honor, and an opportunity to share her recent work with the UCLA community. Pandemic Culture: Adapting to Survival Threat and Small-Scale…

Kindness is Contagious YouTube Kids Playlist

This fall, UCLA’s Center for Scholars & Storytellers (CSS) and the Bedari Kindness Institute (BKI) are excited to collaborate alongside Actress Tabitha Brown to create a Kindness Playlist for YouTube Kids. The playlist, “Kindness…

UCLA Random Acts of Kidness Day

On February 17th, UCLA Bruin Buggy hosted a Random Acts of Kindness Day event on the UCLA Campus. Students were encouraged to take a tag with a random act of kindness or create their own tag and add it to the tree. The tree was donated to the…

World Kindness Day Q & A

In anticipation of World Kindness Day on November 13, the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health connected with Dr. Robert Kim-Farley — professor of epidemiology and community health sciences, and member of the Faculty Advisory Committee of…

UCLA Volunteer Day 2021

UCLA Volunteer Day 2021, Presented by Wescom Foundation The UCLA Volunteer Center’s inaugural event, UCLA Volunteer Day, has become a cornerstone of the UCLA experience. It is one of the university’s largest community…

The Rabbit Effect: Live Longer, Happier, and Healthier with the Groundbreaking Science of Kindness

Please join The Friends of the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA and the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital Board of Advisors for a virtual Open Mind program with Dr. Kelli Harding, author of the critically acclaimed…

This is the Moment and We are the Leaders: Transforming Self and Society with Compassion

This is the Moment and We are the Leaders: Transforming Self and Society with Compassion BKI is co-sponsoring this event, see below for more information. You can RSVP here. Wednesday, May 12 at 12:00 pm In the midst of a global pandemic…