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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]