Mission

Students and faculty at Northeastern participate actively in local, national, and international efforts directed at preventing violence, resolving conflict, and building peace. As members of the Northeastern community, we recognize that our work abroad can only be effective if we carefully reflect on our challenges at home. In fact appreciating diversity and building bridges across differences are essential for establishing sustainable communities over the long term and for educating global citizens.

In the spirit of elevating civility and ethical reasoning on campus and in the wider world, the College of Social Sciences and Humanities, Office of Student Affairs, and School of Law host events that trace the arc from recognizing conflict or injustice to building peace. These events are open to the entire University community and are designed to spark broad conversations about both the challenges and promises of increasingly complex societies. To invite our students into a deeper conversation, we invite Northeastern faculty from any field to integrate aspects of this effort into their courses or extra-curricular activities.

Together, we can be pioneers in civic sustainability—practicing civility in engaging with different opinions and in acknowledging wrongs of the past, broadening personal networks, finding common ground in social action, and making the world a better place.