Institute for Emerging Leaders, Center on Religion, Culture, and Conflict, Drew University, Madison, NJ, USA, 1-12 June 2026.
As 21st Century communities get more and more diverse, social challenges such as polarization, racism, extremism, etc grow along with them. American communities are no different, which calls for increasing pluralistic, change-making, and conflict resolution skills among people country-wide, especially youth.
The Drew University Institute for Emerging Leaders, therefore, seeks to respond to the widening divisiveness in today’s society by preparing young leaders to foster peaceful and pluralistic relations in their communities, using religion as a positive force.
The Institute is built on CRCC’s international Institute on Religion and Conflict Transformation and attracts renowned scholars, practitioners, and national thought leaders as faculty. The Institute is interested in developing in young people a set of skills that straddles the following:
* civil dialogue
* conflict resolution
* inter-faith/inter-cultural leadership, and,
* community organizing and change-making.
Tuition, bed and board are fully covered courtesy of the Koppaka Family Foundation and Sykes Family Group.
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