Dialogue For Peace

Dialogue for Peace explores Peacemaking and Restorative Justice as a framework to promote dialogue across differences, listening for understanding, conflict resolution, and consens/community-building. Dialogue for Peace will share foundational theories and facilitation skills with fellows and through events and programs in the coming year.

Peacemaking is rooted in Indigenous conflict resolution frameworks designed to address harm and restore balance within the community. It is a practice grounded in place-based core values (respect, honesty, trust, humility, sharing, inclusivity, empathy, courage, forgiveness, and love). Similarly, Restorative Justice practices and values center healing and accountability through a community lens and is rooted in Indigenous traditions. Both frameworks bring together impacted community members to work through challenging conversations and issues to reach a place of intentional listening, equity of voices, mutual understanding, and healing.

The Dialogue For Peace Summit will feature a panel of nationally recognized experts on Peacemaking and Restorative Justice frameworks.

The panel will feature Honorable Robert Yazzie, Chief Justice Emeritus of the Navajo Nation, Honorable Justice Cheryl Fairbanks, Esq, Attorney and Tribal Court of Appeals Justice and David Karp, Ph.D., Professor and Director of the Center for Restorative Justice at the University of San Diego. Assistant Vice Chancellor Karen Biestman will moderate the conversation to share real life examples of these frameworks in action within higher education and beyond.

Join us to learn more about the Dialogue for Peace project, including the ongoing student fellowship program and future opportunities to engage with this important effort to create meaningful dialogue and community at UC San Diego. The inaugural student fellowship cohort will present their final projects implementing their training into their communities and spaces.

Event Details:

Date and Time: Tuesday, May 27, 2025, from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m

Location: Faculty Club - Atkinson Pavilion.

This event is free and open to the UC San Diego community. Registration is required and space is limited.

Register for the event no later than Thursday, May 22, 2025.

Doors will open at 3:00 pm for check-in and a special Acts of Kindness pop-up activity.

Refreshments and light appetizers will be served.

Acts of Kindness are pop-up activities across campus led by Student Life that create opportunities for diverse members of the UC San Diego student community to come together over a creative activity or food, and conversation.

Upcoming Events

***Follow the Center for Student Involvement and Student Life on Instagram at getinvolveducsd and ucsdtritonlife for updates.

Past Events

• Affirmations - “give one, take one”
• Friendship bracelets to share
• Origami hearts
• Do-nut Stress
• Positiv-tea party

Invitation to a Brave Space. (n.d.)

Moraza-Keeswood, N. (n.d.). Peacemaking Toolkit

Stanford University. (n.d.). Sacred circles: Peacemaking at Stanford [Video]

University of San Diego. (n.d.). Restorative Justice

Yazzie, R. (n.d.). Life comes from it: Navajo justice concepts