CSJ Center for Reconciliation and Justice
The CSJ Center serves faculty, staff, students and alumni by offering a forum for dialogue, a place of education, and a resource for reflective action. The center aims to be an interdisciplinary and interfaith space that supports the University community's work for reconciliation and justice in Los Angeles and beyond.
Coming Up
Earth Day Fest
This Earth Month, we're celebrating the power we all share to protect our planet. Join us April 22 for a day of creativity, community, and action.
Israel's War in Gaza and the Question of Genocide
Dr. Omer Bartov, Dean’s Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Brown University, will explore this public question at the Peace and Justice Studies Program lecture on April 23.
CSA Service Awards
The Pam Rector Center for Service and Action will celebrate the service contributions of LMU students with the CSJ Service Award, sponsored by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange, on April 30
Charting the Interdependence of Humanity
In the 2027 CSJ Center Symposium, we seek to understand the unseen networks and interdependencies of people, places, and planet, and explore how interconnectedness can be the very source of new possibilities for collective healing and flourishing.
Highlights
LMU Disability Studies Conference Teaches Us About Being Human
LMU hosted its second annual Disability Studies and Advocacy in Los Angeles Conference: DSALA & Habitable Worlds in late March 2026.
Life Over Death: Exonerees and Advocates Call for Justice at LMU
“You take life for granted when you are incarcerated,” reflected Barry Williams, a California death row exoneree, during a recent panel discussion in Sacred Heart Chapel. “A flower means a lot to me — to smell a flower, to enjoy any part of Earth.”
Behold, Your King Comes to You Meek
I’ve always found Palm Sunday to be underrated. It’s easy to overlook when we get busy making holiday plans for Good Friday and Easter Sunday. And, in fairness, Palm (or Passion) Sunday can be a bit of a ‘pastoral’ conundrum for many of us.
Bodhi Tree Stands at LMU as Visible Symbol of Sacred Connection
On a bright, sunny afternoon in Lawton Plaza, a modest crowd of students, faculty, members of the Venice Hongwanji Buddhist Temple, and community guests across all age groups, welcomed a sacred Bodhi tree to its new home on Loyola Marymount University’s campus
