Interfaith Peacebuilding From the Local to the Global

10:00–11:00 AM — Check-In & Light Refreshments
Welcome, meet other participants, pick up your name tag and conference materials.

11:00 AM–12:00 PM — Opening Session: Faith in Action
Welcome remarks and keynote conversation: How Faith Motivates Peacebuilding

12:15–1:00 PM — Community Lunch
Connect with participants at affinity-group tables and conversation tables.

1:00–2:15 PM — Breakout Workshops
Choose from three interactive sessions focused on personal motivations, interfaith dialogue, or student leadership.

2:30–3:45 PM — Campus Interfaith Walk & Reflection
Explore Principia’s interfaith and peacebuilding history through a guided campus experience.

3:45–4:15 PM — Break

4:30–5:30 PM — Student Panel: Growing Up in a Multifaith World
Hear students discuss navigating differences, disagreements, and conflict from a faith perspective.

5:30–6:30 PM — Dinner

6:30–7:30 PM — Dance Workshop & Performance
Experience dance and spirituality in African and African American cultures with special guest Sunshine.

7:30–9:00 PM — Portraits in Faith: Seeing the Other Artist Reception
Enjoy dessert and explore the work of Rev. Gina Alicea and Daniel Epstein.

8:45–9:30 AM — Breakfast

9:30–10:45 AM — Breakout Workshops
Choose from sessions on St. Louis community initiatives, faith narratives and identity, or international peace practices.

11:00 AM–12:00 PM — Interfaith Photovoice Exhibit
Explore student photography and personal stories about peace, inclusion, and belonging.

12:00–1:00 PM — Lunch

1:15–3:45 PM — Sacred Listening Workshop
Join Daniel Epstein for an interactive workshop exploring deep listening, shared humanity, and connection across differences.

4:00–4:45 PM — Keynote: How Students Can Build Peace
Hear from Janessa Wilder, founder of Euphrates Institute.

5:00–6:30 PM — Interactive Plenary & Dinner: Bridging Divides on Campus
Participate in facilitated dialogue circles led by Principia Interfaith Fellows.

7:00–9:00 PM — Optional Film & Discussion
Relax and enjoy a film featuring a peace or cross-cultural story, followed by discussion.

8:45–9:30 AM — Breakfast

9:45–10:30 AM — Interfaith Reflection & Prayer Service
Begin the day with readings and sacred texts from diverse traditions focused on building peace.

10:45–11:45 AM — Christian Science Service
CSO-led service in the Chapel.

12:00–1:00 PM — Final Roundtable & Lunch: Go Build Peace
Hear from community peacebuilders, faculty, and students about turning ideas into action.

1:00–1:15 PM — Closing & Recognition
Celebrate participants and partners, receive certificates, and learn how to stay connected with the Interfaith Fellows program.

1:15 PM — Conference Concludes

Community Service Project

Stop by anytime during the conference to help assemble food and soup packets that will be donated to people in need in the greater St. Louis region.

Portraits in Faith: Seeing the Other

Experience the exhibit anytime during the conference which documents the role of spiritual experience inside and outside of formal religion told through individual’s own words and brought to life through photography and video.