Center for Peace & Conflict Studies
Center for Peace & Conflict Studies
Our Mission (Draft): The Center for Peace & Conflict Studies at ACC is dedicated to advancing the understanding of peace, justice, and conflict within both the college and Austin communities. The Center’s programming offers intra- and interpersonal skill building and creates opportunities to have conversations across conflict lines that impact our community, empowering individuals to incorporate a peace and conflict studies lens in their personal, academic, and professional lives.
Our Vision (Draft): The Center for Peace & Conflict Studies will empower the College and local community to prevent, deescalate, and transform conflicts and to build more empathetic and peaceful intrapersonal, interpersonal, and intergroup relationships using a peace and conflict studies lens.
What We Do
Through avenues of academic study, professional development training, community events, service learning, and travel abroad opportunities, the Peace & Conflict Center maintains its commitment to establishing frameworks for nonviolent conflict transformation at the intrapersonal, interpersonal, local, national, and international levels.
Center Events
The Center for Peace & Conflict Studies provides opportunities for active engagement in the community through ongoing events, service learning, and international programs. The Center features lectures, panel discussions, a film series, and cultural events that allow students, faculty and staff, and the broader Austin community the opportunity to engage with topics pertaining to social justice, conflict, and sustainable peace.
Date: Friday, September 19, 2025
Time: Refreshments & Social hour starts @ 5 PM
Programming starts @ 5:30-7:15 PM
Location: RGC 3340
Your Well-Being. Your Campus. Your World.
From Sustainability to Justice: Connect, Explore, Act
Whether your passion is for building equitable communities, promoting sustainable practices, innovating at the intersection of business and sustainability, or advocating for social justice, this event is for you. We will create a space to share ideas, connect with like-minded peers, and reflect on how we can collectively foster peace, well-being, and sustainability on campus, in your life, and in your future.
Celebrate International Day of Peace with ACC’s Center for Peace & Conflict Studies! We will explore how social, economic, and environmental sustainability contribute to a safer and more peaceful world and how each of us can participate. Connect with organizations across the college representing a wide range of interests including, STEM, business, and communal and individual well-being, and more. Participate in activity stations, engage with panelists and Q&A sessions, and discover how your local actions contribute to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
