Audience Reflections: Feb. 24 Multifaith Compassionate Conversation

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On Tuesday, Feb. 24, the UCLA Bedari Kindness Institute (BKI) welcomed distinguished religious leaders Father Greg Boyle, Rabbi Sharon Brous, Valarie Kaur and Imam Dr. Jihad Turk to a multifaith panel as part of BKI’s “Compassionate…

Compassionate Conversation: Fr. Greg Boyle, Valarie Kaur, Rabbi Sharon Brous, and Imam Dr. Jihad Turk share multifaith views on justice, forgiveness, and compassion

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The multifaith panel (L-R): Father Greg Boyle, Rabbi Sharon Brous, Valarie Kaur and Imam Dr. Jihad Turk. Photo by Naheed Choudhry. By Hannah Park On Tuesday, Feb. 24, the UCLA Bedari Kindness Institute (BKI) welcomed distinguished…

UCLA Newsroom: Dialogue across Difference Initiative featured in PBS documentary series on Black-Jewish history

Calling In: Navigating Challenging Conversations with Dr. Loretta J. Ross

Dr. Loretta J. Ross in conversation with Maia Ferdman of the UCLA Bedari Kindness Institute, discusses her latest book, Calling In: How to Start Making Change with Those You'd Rather Cancel.  By Cylin Wang On Tuesday, February 10, members…

Compassionate Conversation: Claire Adida discusses immigration in “Kindness to the Stranger”

By Hannah Park On Thursday, Jan. 29, the UCLA Bedari Kindness Institute (BKI) and Dialogue Across Difference (DaD) Initiative welcomed Claire Adida, senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and faculty…

“What does self-kindness look like?” (Slice of Light Comic, Issue No. 1)

Slice of Light is a comic series by Dialogue Across Difference intern Hannah Park, centered around kindness in personal, academic, and social contexts. Join Py, an imaginary rat-deer hybrid creature, and his friends as they explore kindness…

Compassionate Conversation: Vice Provost Ralina Joseph launches Racial Exhaustion with a multi-speaker panel and book signing

Dr. Ralina L. Joseph reads an excerpt from her latest book, Racial Exhaustion: How to Move through Racism in the Wake of DEI. Photo by Hannah Park.   On Tuesday, Dec. 2, the UCLA Bedari Kindness Institute (BKI) hosted the book launch…

Compassionate Conversation: Clean Shelter founders visit UCLA to share humanitarian solutions in Gaza

  Seba Abudaqa (sixth from left) and Tom Kellner (fourth from right) with DaD staff and students.   By Hannah Park On Monday, Nov. 17, the UCLA Bedari Kindness Institute (BKI) and Dialogue Across Difference (DaD) Initiative…

BKI “Compassionate Conversations” series featured in UCLA Newsroom

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On Nov. 17, 2025, the UCLA Newsroom announced the launch of the second year of the Bedari Kindness Institute’s “Compassionate Conversations” series in an article titled “UCLA’s Compassionate Conversations focuses on ‘kindness…

Lunch with Dr. Yasmeen Abu Fraiha sparks conversation about finding humanity in Israel-Palestine

  Dr. Yasmeen Abu Fraiha with Bedari Kindness Institute staff and student interns. By Hannah Park On Monday, Nov. 3, Dr. Yasmeen Abu Fraiha, a research fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Middle East Initiative and internal…