Kathryn Wasserman Davis Collaborative in Conflict Transformation

This public event will welcome a delegation of Maori and Pasifika colleagues visiting Middlebury College from Aotearoa/New Zealand. Panel members will discuss the role of purakau (storytelling), waiata (song), and whakatauki (proverbs) in Indigenous Maori and Polynesian practices of wellbeing and planetary stewardship. Through the teachings of the kuaka, a shorebird known for its remarkable migration from Aotearoa to North America, this event invites attendees to explore the idea that journeys are collective and community futures can soar in spaces of mutual learning, responsibility, and relationship.

The event is open to the public and free of charge.

Explore how the Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History uses objects and archives to foster empathy and connection. Centered on the Charity & Sylvia collection and curriculum, this program highlights how historical inquiry and object study can open space for reflection, dialogue, and a deeper understanding of the past. Through this work, participants are invited to consider how local history, archives and objects can serve as powerful tools for empathy-building and peacebuilding in our communities.

A structured dialogue about balancing our day-to-day lives with conflict/change in the world around us. 

Join us to reflect, share, learn, offer, and listen, to foster community and connection.

Open to Middlebury students, faculty, and staff 

Light refreshments provided 

Sponsored by The Conflict Transformation Collaborative

Join us in the garden for poetry, music, and inspiration during the lunch hour to celebrate Earth Day during Poetry Week 2026.

Nathan Pippenger, Associate Professor of Political Science, US Naval Academy

Our teaching doesn’t always go as planned. Join this two-part session for faculty and staff on using Critical Incident Analysis as an approach to unexpected events in teaching.

Facilitated by Netta Avineri (Conflict Transformation).

Open to all staff and faculty. Register here.

Our teaching doesn’t always go as planned. Join this two-part session for faculty and staff on using Critical Incident Analysis as an approach to unexpected events in teaching.

Facilitated by Netta Avineri (Conflict Transformation).

Open to all staff and faculty. Register here.

Join the Conflict Transformation Collaborative, in partnership with Beyond the Page, for the 2nd event in our ’25 - ’26 Conflict and Social Change series. 

Join the Conflict Transformation Collaborative, in partnership with Beyond the Page, for the 2nd event in our ’25 - ’26 Conflict and Social Change series.