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Speaking Across Conflict workshop

November 3, 2025

Current Berkeley undergraduate and graduate students were invited to participate in the workshop: Speaking Across Conflict, part of the BLI Difficult Conversation Series.

The workshop offered communication skill-building for charged conversations and a forum for dialogue across disagreement. Participants exchanged views and personal experiences, surfaced differences and commonalities, and practiced communication skills for addressing differences directly and constructively.

BLI launches Open Exchange Grant for Spring 2026

November 10, 2025

The Berkeley Liberty Initiative invites proposals from UC Berkeley faculty for small grants up to $6,000 to adapt an undergraduate Letters & Science (L&S) course to be taught in the Spring 2026. The grant aims to expose UC Berkeley students to an open exchange of ideas and support their ability to engage constructively across differing viewpoints. More information may be found here. Applications are due December 5,...

Mission & Goals

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