Compassionate Conversation with Dr. Adam Phillips

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, […]

Compassionate Conversation with Dr. Jamil Zaki

De Neve Plaza

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 […]

Kindness to the Stranger: A Discussion on Immigration

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 […]

Bridging and Belonging with Professor John Powell

Professor John Powell is a renowned scholar and advocate in the areas of civil rights, structural racism, housing, constitutional law, equality, democracy, and belonging. He is the director of the […]