Speaking Across Conflict Workshop for Students

De Neve Acacia 417 Charles E Young Drive West, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Speaking about political differences during this charged and divided time can sometimes feel impossible. Join other Bruins in discussing! What: The Dialogue across Difference Initiative at UCLA is proud to offer an interactive opportunity for UCLA graduate and undergraduate students to delve deeper into a core skill for having more constructive conversations across charged political differences. […]

The State of Hate – Part Three: Hate and the Internet/Social Media

Online (Zoom)

The State of Hate is a three-part series, jointly sponsored by UCLA's Friends of the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, UCLA's State of Hate Initiative, and the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital Board of Advisors. Hate and the Internet/Social Media - Part 3 in the series, will examine how the landscape of hate online has […]

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, 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 […]

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 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 […]

Speaking Across Conflict Workshop for Staff and Faculty

The Dialogue across Differences Initiative at UCLA is proud to offer an interactive opportunity for staff, administrators, and faculty to delve deeper into a core skill for having more constructive conversations across charged political differences. Based on the methodology of Resetting the Table, a nationally renowned organization dedicated to building honest and open communication, this workshop will allow participants to […]

Compassionate Conversation with The Parent’s Circle-Families Forum

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 […]

Speaking Across Conflict Workshop for Staff and Faculty 4/23

The Dialogue across Differences Initiative at UCLA is proud to offer an interactive opportunity for staff, administrators, and faculty to delve deeper into a core skill for having more constructive conversations across charged political differences. Based on the methodology of Resetting the Table, a nationally renowned organization dedicated to building honest and open communication, this workshop will allow participants to […]

Speaking Across Conflict Workshop for Students on 5/8

Speaking about political differences during this charged and divided time can sometimes feel impossible. Join other Bruins in discussing! What: The Dialogue across Difference Initiative at UCLA is proud to offer an interactive opportunity for UCLA graduate and undergraduate students to delve deeper into a core skill for having more constructive conversations across charged political differences. […]

Speaking Across Conflict Workshop for Staff and Faculty 5/19

The Dialogue across Differences Initiative at UCLA is proud to offer an interactive opportunity for staff, administrators, and faculty to delve deeper into a core skill for having more constructive conversations across charged political differences. Based on the methodology of Resetting the Table, a nationally renowned organization dedicated to building honest and open communication, this workshop will allow participants to […]

End-of-Year Impact Symposium

James West Alumni Center Founder's Room

Join us for our second Impact Symposium, which will highlight key findings from ISH's projects over the last three years and will include three panel discussions: Extremist Recruitment: From Point of Entry to Point of Exit, Mitigating Hate in the Broad Media Landscape, and Studying Hate in Fraught Times. Register HERE. Full program with panelist […]