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SUMMARY:A Multifaith Conversation on Justice\, Forgiveness\, and Compassion
DESCRIPTION:In our deeply fractured world\, religion serves both to connect and offer wisdom and to foster conflict and division.  Over the course of centuries\, it has been frequently invoked to justify brutal violence\, but can it be an effective tool to advance justice?  To explore different perspectives on the topic of faith\, forgiveness\, and justice\, we will be joined by a distinguished panel of religious leaders: Father Greg Boyle\, Rabbi Sharon Brous\, Valarie Kaur\, and Imam Dr. Jihad Turk. \nFather Greg Boyle is a Jesuit priest and director of Homeboy Industries\, the world’s largest gang intervention and rehabilitation program. Rabbi Sharon Brous is the senior and founding Rabbi of IKAR\, a Jewish spiritual community in Los Angeles. Valarie Kaur is a civil rights leader and activist\, filmmaker\, educator\, best-selling author\, and founder of the Revolutionary Love Project\, a movement to reclaim love as a force for justice. Imam Dr. Jihad Turk is the founding President of Bayan Islamic Graduate School\, a preeminent Muslim institution of higher education. \nThis event is co-sponsored by the UCLA Center for the Study of Religion. \nRegistration here.
URL:https://kindness.ucla.edu/event/a-multifaith-conversation-on-justice-forgiveness-and-compassion/
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SUMMARY:The Politics of Migrant Scapegoating: A Conversation on Inclusion and Exclusion
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Claire Adida is a Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and faculty co-director at the Immigration Policy Lab at Stanford University. Her research on the topic of immigration and kindness investigates how countries manage new and existing forms of diversity\, what exacerbates or alleviates outgroup prejudice and discrimination\, and how vulnerable groups navigate discriminatory environments. Prof. Adida will be joined conversation by Prof. Hiroshi Motomura\, faculty co-director of the UCLA Center for Immigration Law and Policy\, and Prof. Abel Valenzuela\, the dean of UCLA’s Division of Social Sciences. \nRegister for this event here.
URL:https://kindness.ucla.edu/event/the-politics-of-migrant-scapegoating/
CATEGORIES:Compassionate Conversations
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SUMMARY:Racial Exhaustion: How to Move Through Racism in the Wake of DEI
DESCRIPTION:Book Launch with Vice Provost for Inclusive Excellence Ralina Joseph\nRalina L. Joseph\, a university professor\, educator\, administrator\, and advocate whose work focuses on issues of equity\, access\, and belonging in higher education and beyond\, is UCLA’s new vice provost for inclusive excellence. In her new book\, Racial Exhaustion: How to Move Through Racism in the Wake of DEI\, Joseph draws on personal narrative\, real-world dialogue\, and critical race scholarship to explore how radical listening can help us navigate conversations about race. Racial Exhaustion challenges us to recognize and address the fatigue that racial discourse brings while offering strategies to foster more equitable communication and productive change. \nVice Provost Joseph will be joined in conversation by  Prof. Robin Kelley (History)\, Prof. Salma Mousa (Political Science)\, and Dr. D’artagnan Scorza (LA County Anti-Racism\, Diversity\, and Inclusion Initiative) \nRSVP Here. \n 
URL:https://kindness.ucla.edu/event/compassionate-conversations-racial-exhaustion-how-to-move-through-racism-in-the-wake-of-dei/
CATEGORIES:Compassionate Conversations
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SUMMARY:Compassion in Practice: Providing Water and Shelter in Gaza
DESCRIPTION:A Conversation with Seba Abudaqa and Tom Kellner\, co-founders of Clean Shelter\nThis event will feature the work of Clean Shelter\, a grassroots organization registered in Germany that delivers immediate relief to displaced communities in Gaza through essential sanitation and shelter solutions. Founded by Seba Abudaqa\, a Palestinian from Gaza living between Munich and Cairo\, and Tom Kellner\, an Israeli based in Berlin\, the organization focuses on concrete action on the ground\, providing shelter\, sanitation\, and water. Since January 2024\, Clean Shelter has established multiple IDP camps\, installed water desalination units and constructed water infrastructure\, and provided aid to more than 150\,000 displaced people across Gaza. \nSeba and Tom will speak about what brought them together and what motivates them in the midst of the overwhelming challenges of Gaza. \nRegister here.
URL:https://kindness.ucla.edu/event/compassionate-conversations-with-the-clean-shelter/
CATEGORIES:Compassionate Conversations
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SUMMARY:Compassionate Conversation with The Parent’s Circle-Families Forum
DESCRIPTION:The fourth installment of the Bedari Kindness Institute’s Compassionate Conversations series will feature extraordinary members of the Parents Circle – Families Forum (PCFF). PCFF is a joint Israeli-Palestinian organization made up of more than 800 bereaved families. Their common bond is that they have lost a close family member to the conflict. But instead of choosing revenge\, they have chosen a path of reconciliation. Through their educational activities\, these bereaved members have joined together to take tens of thousands of Palestinians and Israelis on journeys of reconciliation. As a joint Israeli-Palestinian peace organization\, the PCFF models constructive dialogue around shared values. American Friends of the Parents Circle – Families Forum shares the human side of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with the American public in order to foster a peace and reconciliation process. \nThe Compassionate Conversations series features speakers who share a deep and humane commitment to engaging others with compassion\, empathy\, and respect. Members of PCFF embody this commitment. They will share about their experience of loss\, dialogue\, and peace building during the hardest of moments. \nThis program is co-sponsored by the Dialogue Across Difference Initiative. \nRSVP HERE \nAbout the Speakers \n \nLayla Alsheikh lives in Bethlehem in the West Bank. In 2002\, her 6 month old son\, Qussay\, became ill and Israeli soldiers prevented Layla from taking him to the hospital for more than five hours. Qussay soon died from the lack of timely treatment. 
Layla joined the Parents Circle in 2016. Following her son’s death\, she never thought of revenge\, but rather has devoted her time and energy to ensuring a better\, more peaceful future for her children. \n \nMor Ynon is based in Tel Aviv. On October 7\, 2023\, her parents\, Belha and Yaakov\, were killed in their home in Moshav Netiv Ha’Asara by Hamas. The pain of losing them was a wake-up call and a reminder to pursue peace with a commitment to equality\, justice\, and security for everyone. Mor worked in global high-tech for 25 years\, developing strategies and performance measures. Today she serves as the Israeli co-Chair of the Parents Circle Board.
URL:https://kindness.ucla.edu/event/compassionate-conversation-with-the-parents-circle-families-forum/
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SUMMARY:Compassionate Conversation with Dr. Jamil Zaki
DESCRIPTION:BKI is thrilled to welcome Dr. Jamil Zaki\, the author of this year’s Common Experience Book\, The War for Kindness\, to join us for a conversation that explores the themes of kindness and empathy as they relate to UCLA & present-day crises. This installment of the Compassionate Conversations series is offered in partnership with the Common Experience Program at UCLA and UCLA Alumni. \nRSVP: https://form.smartsuite.com/shi4mzg5/9zpcvk9oPb
URL:https://kindness.ucla.edu/event/compassionate-conversation-with-dr-jamil-zaki/
LOCATION:De Neve Plaza
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SUMMARY:Compassionate Conversation with Dr. Adam Phillips
DESCRIPTION:On February 26th and 27th 2025\, The UCLA Bedari Kindness Institute and the UCLA Initiative to Study Hate\, in partnership with the UCLA Department of English and the Hammer Museum\, will be hosting internationally acclaimed psychoanalyst and author\, Adam Phillips\, for a three-event series\, which will include a lecture and a seminar at UCLA\, and a talk at the Hammer Museum (see below for event details) devoted to kindness and hate. \nPhillips\, who has been called “the best living essayist writing in English” and “Britain’s foremost contemporary psychoanalysis thinker” (The New Yorker)\, is one of the world’s most celebrated and wide-ranging intellectuals. He has authored many critically acclaimed works of psychoanalysis\, literary criticism\, and commentary including On Kindness\, Missing Out\, Unforbidden Pleasures\, In Writing\, Becoming Freud\, and On Getting Better. Formerly a principal child psychotherapist\, he is currently the general editor of the Penguin Modern Classics Freud translations\, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature\, and a visiting professor in the English Department at the University of York.  \nFebruary 26th at 4 pm: A Lecture\, “On Resistance”\nDescription: In this lecture\, Adam Phillips will explore the notion of resistance in psychoanalysis \nLocation: James West Alumni Center Collins Room; 325 Westwood Plaza\, 90095 \nRegister HERE\n  \nFebruary 27th at noon: A Seminar\, “Exploring Christopher Bollas’s ‘The Transformational Object.”\nDescription: Adam Phillips will lead a seminar with UCLA students\, faculty\, and staff that explores the paper\, “The Transformational Object” by Christopher Bollas. Bollas’s work will be distributed to registrants prior to the seminar. Lunch will be served. \nLocation: Young Research Library Main Conference Room; 280 Charles E Young Dr.\, 90095 \nRegister HERE\n  \nFebruary 27th at 7:30 pm: A Conversation: “On Kindness and Hate.”\nDescription: UCLA English Professors David Russell and Mona Simpson will join Adam Phillips in a conversation on Kindness\, Hate\, Missing Out\, Wanting to Change\, Getting Better\, and Giving Up. Note that this is a Hammer Museum event that is being hosted at the Landmark Westwood. \nLocation: Landmark Westwood\, 1045 Broxton Ave. 90024. View map here. \nFor more information and ticketing\, click HERE\nSeats will be assigned on a first come\, first served basis. \n 
URL:https://kindness.ucla.edu/event/compassionate-conversation-with-dr-adam-phillips/
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SUMMARY:Compassionate Conversations: A Kids Book About Israel & Palestine with author Reza Aslan
DESCRIPTION:Join Reza Aslan and Miriam Udel\, authors of A Kids Book About Israel & Palestine and Honey on the Page\, in conversation on charting a course toward peace and understanding. \nHow can children’s books and families’ shared reading experiences foster empathy\, resilience\, and the skills for peace building even in the midst of violent conflict? Join Reza Aslan and Miriam Udel\, authors of A Kids Book About Israel & Palestine and Honey on the Page\, in conversation on charting a course toward peace and understanding. \nA Kids Book About Israel & Palestine by Reza Aslan\nWhat is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? Why is it happening? Is peace possible? When kids ask questions like these\, are grownups prepared to answer? This book was created to provide context for this conflict\, open the door to conversation\, and lay a path for understanding\, peace\, and compassion for our shared future. \nHoney on the Page by Miriam Udel\nThis exquisite collection offers a feast of beguiling original translations of stories and poems for children. Arranged thematically—from school days to the holidays—the book spans the Yiddish-speaking globe\, taking readers from Jewish holidays and history to folktales and fables\, from stories of humanistic ethics to multi-generational family sagas. \nThis program is offered in partnership with the Skirball Cultural Center\, UCLA Dialogue Across Difference Initiative\, UCLA Bedari Kindness Institute\, and The Jewish Studies Program at California State University\, Northridge. \nReza Aslan (he/him) is a writer and scholar of religions. He lives in Los Angeles\, California\, with his wife and four kids\, so he knows a thing or two about trying to solve conflicts. \nDr. Miriam Udel is Judith London Evans Director of the Tam Institute for Jewish Studies and associate professor of Yiddish language\, literature\, and culture at Emory University. \nMore Info: https://www.skirball.org/programs/compassionate-conversations-teaching-kids-superpower-empathy \nRSVP link: http://27926.blackbaudhosting.com/27926/tickets?tab=2&txobjid=9999ac80-7a62-4062-8c03-34e08eb7a0b1&_ga=2.158833784.351601611.1732574141-271404573.1731696423 \n***If you are a student and are interested in a complimentary ticket and/or transportation to this event\, please email mferdman@college.ucla.edu.***
URL:https://kindness.ucla.edu/event/compassionate-conversations-a-kids-book-about-israel-palestine-with-author-reza-aslan/
LOCATION:Skirball Cultural Center
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SUMMARY:Compassionate Conversation with Dr. Yasmeen Abu Fraiha
DESCRIPTION:CLICK TO VIEW THE EVENT FLYER HERE\nThe UCLA Bedari Kindness Institute and the UCLA Dialogue across Difference Initiative are pleased to announce a new series called “Compassionate Conversations”  featuring speakers who share a deep and humane commitment to engaging others with compassion\, empathy\, and respect. \nThe series will commence with a talk by Dr. Yasmeen Abu Fraiha on Wednesday November 13\, 2024 from 4-5:30 pm. Space is limited. Students\, undergraduate and graduate\, from all disciplines are encouraged to attend! RSVP HERE \nDr. Yasmeen Abu Fraiha is a medical doctor with a specialty in internal medicine\, a humanist and self-described global citizen who upholds compassion for every human being. As a Palestinian Bedouin physician in Israel\, she was a first responder treating incoming victims of Hamas’ brutal attacks on October 7th. On that day she lost many colleagues\, friends and neighbors\, and in the subsequent weeks and months she lost friends in Gaza during Israel’s devastating military campaign. Throughout this traumatic period in her life\, she refused to surrender her sorrow or concern for all innocent victims of violence. Dr. Abu Fraiha is a physician\, health policy expert\, and activist who possesses a boundless capacity for kindness and love. \nShe is currently completing a clinical fellowship in critical care medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston as well as a fellowship at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard. In 2019 she co-founded Yanabia\, an organization that promotes socio-economic development of the Bedouin community in Israel\, while focusing on health\, education\, women’s employment\, housing and community empowerment. In 2023\, she was named one of Israel’s 50 most influential women by Globes Magazine and serves on the board of the New Israel Fund. Yasmeen holds a B.S. and M.D. from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem\, and an MPA from Harvard Kennedy School. \nPlease join us to hear her remarkable story as she talks with David Myers\, director of the Bedari Kindness Institute and UCLA professor of history. \nAfter the conversation there will be an opportunity to engage in small-group dialogue and processing.
URL:https://kindness.ucla.edu/event/compassionate-conversation-with-dr-yasmeen-abu-fraiha/
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