Bedari Kindness Institute

Looking Ahead: Science, Facts and the Public Debate
2021-01-11 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Looking Ahead: Science, Facts and the Public Debate
Thursday, January 14
6:00 p.m. PST | 9:00 p.m. EST
As 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.
How 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?
UCLA 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.
Opening remarks by UCLA Chancellor Gene Block
To register and for more information, click here.

World Kindness Day Film Screening of The Antidote Documentary
2020-11-10 08:00 - 17:00
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.
To screen the movie, please RSVP here.

Truth and Nonviolence in Post-Truth Times: An International Conference on Mohandas Gandhi
2020-01-30 08:00 - 2020-02-02 17:00
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/
