USD to Host Conference on Peace

San Diego, CA: From Thursday, October 16th until Saturday, October 18th, USD’s Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies (KSPS) and the School of Leadership and Education Sciences (SOLES) will be hosting the Peace and Justice Studies Association Conference.

The conference will feature workshops, presentations, and films that promote peace, justice, conflict resolution, and current issues within the field of peacebuilding.

A wide range of speakers comprised of academics and activists in the areas of peace, conflict, and justice studies, will discuss their work and ideas. Victor Villasenor, Mexican-American author of the bestseller Rain of Gold, will give the welcome keynote Thursday evening.

The other plenary speakers are Monish Bajaj, from the University of San Francisco, Almudena Bernabeu, from the Center for Justice and Accountability in San Francisco, Loreta Navarro-Castro, from the Center for Peace Education at Miriam College in the Philippines, Paul K. Chappell from the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, Angelina Dayfallah, independent youth activist, and Sherri Mitchell, from the Land Peace Foundation. For more information on speakers, please visit
https://www.peacejusticestudies.org/conference/plenary-speakers.

On Friday evening the film Beyond the Divide will be shown and discussed afterward by its producer/director and two main protagonists. On Saturday afternoon locally renowned inner city youth dance group, trancenDANCE, will also perform.

The cost for this event varies and is open to the public. For more information about the conference, access to the schedule, and how to register, please visit the Peace and Justice Studies website: https://www.peacejusticestudies.org/conference.

About the University of San Diego

Strengthened by the Catholic intellectual tradition, we confront humanity’s challenges by fostering peace, working for justice and leading with love. With more than 8,000 students from 75 countries and 44 states, USD is among the Top 20 Best Private Schools for Making an Impact according to The Princeton Review. USD’s eight academic divisions include the College of Arts and Sciences, the Knauss School of Business, the Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering, the School of Law, the School of Leadership and Education Sciences, the Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science, the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies, and the Division of Professional and Continuing Education. In 2021, USD was named a “Laudato Si’ University” by the Vatican with a seven-year commitment to address humanity’s urgent challenges by working together to take care of our common home.