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Peacemaker Fair Booth Directory

List of BYU organizations and clubs hosting booths at the Peacemakers Fair

Ballard Center for Social Impact / Events Team

We develop the faith and skills to increase human flourishing and decrease human suffering. We will be focusing on how here at BYU we can do good. Better. Together.
Visit: https://ballardcenter.byu.edu

BYU Campus Conversations Project

The BYU Campus Conversations Project provides opportunities to talk about divisive issues in a structured way, allowing individuals to hear diverse experiences and perspectives. Rather than debating or trying to convince others, participants take turns sharing and listening to build mutual understanding and connection.

BYU College Democrats

Our purpose is to further political discourse on campus by providing an opportunity for like-minded individuals to come together, discuss, and promote the policy positions of the Democratic Party, in so much as they fulfill the enduring principles of the restored Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Visit: https://www.instagram.com/byudems

BYU College Republicans

We showcase the key goals of College Republicans, which include striving to create opportunities for students to connect with government through the Republican Party.
Visit: https://clubs.byu.edu/p/clubview/18295873486205700

BYU Law Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution

The CPCR is a mediation clinic for BYU Students and members of the larger community. We seek to help individuals and groups reach amicable conclusions to conflicts and improve their communication skills. Our services are free of charge and available to all!
Visit: https://cpcr.byu.edu/

BYU Office of Civic Engagement

Our office’s mission is to help students be civically engaged now and in their future. Our booth highlights the civic engagement minor, voter registration, and upcoming activities.

Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy (CSED)

CSED is a BYU Political Science Department research lab that focuses on research pertaining to American politics. We work together as students and faculty to research things like polarization, political behavior, and more. We are interested in creating knowledge that can help achieve peacemaking in American politics.
Visit: https://csed.byu.edu

English Department/University Writing

Our booth highlights peacemaking focus of GE writing classes, specifically WRTG 150 and WRTG 312. The mission of University Writing is to help students become Christlike communicators who contribute to flourishing families, organizations, and communities.
Visit: https://universitywriting.byu.edu/

European Studies

Our mission with the European Studies internship program is to connect students with opportunities to collaborate with international organizations that focus on International collaboration and peacemaking as a top priority. Internships are located at the UN, NATO, IAEA, EU, and a variety of NGOs in the region.
Visit: https://kennedy.byu.edu/european-studies

Global Environmental Studies

A minor that strengthens a student’s environmental expertise in an interdisciplinary framework. It is a bridge between environmental sciences and the humanities and social sciences. It is designed to inspire and prepare future leaders who have the scientific, cultural, political, and moral understandings necessary to meet the environmental challenges ahead.
Visit: https://kennedy.byu.edu/global-environmental-studies

Global Women's Studies

GWS focuses on helping students (of all genders) recognize their value and potential, encouraging leadership, critical thinking, creativity, personal development, cultural awareness, compassion, and desire to create a better world for all people. Our booth includes opportunities for students to become involved by serving the community in meaningful ways.
Visit: https://kennedy.byu.edu/global-womens-studies

Initiative for Peacemaking

The Initiative for Peacemaking seeks to coordinate and encourage BYU mission-inspired scholarship and academic research on peace. We build on existing work from the department of Political Science and else where on campus to bring together faculty inside and outside of Brigham Young University. We aim to share the vital work being done on peacemaking with members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the public at large.
Visit: https://peace.byu.edu/

International Development Minor

We focus on peacemaking by teaching students how to work across cultures with respect and understanding. Through coursework, internships, and our student club we encourage humility, compassion, and care for others as guiding values in building peace. Visit: https://kennedy.byu.edu/international-development

KENNEDY CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

We plan to highlight our “Building and Brokering Peace” lecture series, our Peace Advocate Lab, and encourage attendees to get involved in peacemaking efforts through the Kennedy Center. The theme for our booth will be based on a quote from Elder Holland that says “As we enlarge our circle of understanding, we enlarge our circle of concern.”
Visit: https://kennedy.byu.edu

Marriott Inclusion and Belonging Society (MIBS)

The Marriott Inclusion and Belonging Society is focused on building a community of belonging within the Marriott School of Business and supporting BYU Marriott’s core values: faith in Christ, integrity in action, respect for all, and excellence. We host regular events, activities, and initiatives that highlight individual differences while celebrating our shared identity as children of God.
Visit: https://clubs.byu.edu/p/clubview/18295873486206056

MAXWELL INSTITUTE

We will highlight Chad Ford’s book, 70 x 7: Jesus’ Path to Conflict Transformation
Visit: https://mi.byu.edu/

McKay School Belonging Leadership Team

The McKay Belonging Leadership Team strives to cultivate a supportive community for all McKay students by promoting Christlike leadership, organizing meaningful gatherings, and providing service opportunities. We will highlight how these opportunities create belonging and help promote peace, and also how leaders can be peacemakers and in so doing, increase the sense of belonging and unity within our community.

Office of Belonging

Our mission is to bring about a Zion like community of covenant belonging at BYU. We will be highlighting our Discrimination and Reconciliation process, and our gospel centered approach to conflict resolution.

Political Affairs Society

PAS aims to connect students with a variety of political opportunities. We’ll be highlighting our upcoming events that are in relation to municipal elections in Provo, Utah as well as providing information about the different existing academic opportunities in the Political Science Department.
Visit: https://clubs.byu.edu/p/clubview/18295873486205407

Sorensen Center for Moral and Ethical Leadership

Our vision at the Sorensen Center for Moral and Ethical Leadership is to inspire and equip individuals to lead people as Jesus Christ does, and we do so by developing leaders with character and capability who edify families, congregations, communities, organizations, and society through events, workshops, coaching, and clubs.
Visit: https://sorensencenter.byu.edu

STUDENTS FOR HEALTH HUMANITIES

• Raises awareness of health humanities as an emerging field
• Explores the embodied human experience of health and illness
• Offers pre-health students an outlet to explore interest in the humanities
• Offers humanities students an opportunity to focus on health, healing, and illness
Visit: https://philosophy.byu.edu/

Students for International Development

The Students for International Development club seeks to connect students with with the field of international development through club activities. By understanding the various fields in international development, students understand there are many ways to build up communities in a peaceful way.
Visit: https://kennedy.byu.edu/sid/

THE PEACEMAKER PROJECT

The Peacemaker Project empowers students to bridge divides through mutual respect and dignified dialogue. We host events and trainings that build community, promote understanding, and encourage courageous and productive conversations across political, cultural, and ideological differences. Join us to become a leader in peacemaking on campus and beyond.
Visit: https://www.instagram.com/byu.peacemakerproject?utm_

Wheatley Institute

Strengthening society through research-supported work that fortifies the core institutions of family, religion, and constitutional government.
Visit: https://wheatley.byu.edu/

BYU International Study Programs

Brigham Young University's Office of International Study Programs serves students by developing and implementing high-impact international academic experiences.
Visit: https://kennedy.byu.edu/how-to-study-abroad