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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
CATEGORIES:Compassionate Conversations,Events
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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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SUMMARY:The State of Hate - Part One: Hate and the Brain (Three-Part Virtual Series)
DESCRIPTION:The State of Hate is a multi-part online series co-sponsored by the Friends of Semel Institute and the UCLA Initiative to Study Hate. The series brings together UCLA experts to share new ways of understanding and mitigating hate. \nThe first installment in the series\, “The Brain and Hate” will examine what we know about how hate takes rise in the human brain. Professors Adriana Galván and Mario Mendez will join in the conversation to explore the opportunities and challenges of studying the neuroscience of hate. They will also discuss some of the cognitive processes that advance hateful behavior and how we can counter them. \nClick HERE to register for the event.
URL:https://kindness.ucla.edu/event/the-state-of-hate-part-one-hate-and-the-brain-three-part-virtual-series/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
CATEGORIES:State of Hate
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SUMMARY:Transforming Self and Society With Compassion
DESCRIPTION:Register here.
URL:https://kindness.ucla.edu/event/transforming-self-and-society-with-compassion/
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SUMMARY:Looking Ahead: Science\, Facts and the Public Debate
DESCRIPTION:Looking Ahead: Science\, Facts and the Public Debate \nThursday\, January 14 \n6:00 p.m. PST | 9:00 p.m. EST  \nAs a new U.S. presidential administration prepares for the four years ahead\, coping with intersecting challenges including a pandemic\, persistent inequality\, climate change policy and a sea of misinformation\, UCLA experts discuss what role institutions of higher learning will play in addressing the crises of our times. \nHow can universities help champion science and evidence in a skeptical society where fact-based professions like journalism and medicine are under attack? When we are often divided into disconnected and conflicting media bubbles\, how can universities help inspire people to embrace reliable facts as a means to heal our economy\, our planet and our culture? \nUCLA environmental humanities scholar Ursula K. Heise\, public health researcher Gilbert Gee\, and internet and society expert Safiya U. Noble come together in a discussion moderated by storyteller and curator Chon Noriega. \nOpening remarks by UCLA Chancellor Gene Block \nTo register and for more information\, click here.
URL:https://kindness.ucla.edu/event/looking-ahead-science-facts-and-the-public-debate/
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SUMMARY:World Kindness Day Film Screening of The Antidote Documentary
DESCRIPTION:World Kindness Day is Friday\, November 13. The Bedari Kindness Institute is hosting a virtual film screening in partnership with The Antidote Movie – a documentary that weaves together stories of kindness\, decency\, and the power of community in America. \nTo screen the movie\, please RSVP here.
URL:https://kindness.ucla.edu/event/world-kindness-day-film-screening-of-the-antidote-documentary/
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SUMMARY:Truth and Nonviolence in Post-Truth Times: An International Conference on Mohandas Gandhi
DESCRIPTION:The UCLA Bedari Kindness Institute is a co-sponsor of Truth and Nonviolence in Post-Truth Times: An International Conference on Mohandas Gandhi\, Thursday 30 January – Sunday 2 February 2020 at UCLA; more information at https://gandhi2020ucla.weebly.com/
URL:https://kindness.ucla.edu/event/truth-and-nonviolence-in-post-truth-times-an-international-conference-on-mohandas-gandhi/
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