Peacemakers Gathering – Los Angeles
June 8, 2026 – The California Endowment
1000 North Alameda Street, Los Angeles 90012

8:30 a.m. Opening Connection

• Conversation + Connection

Malka Ranjana Kopell is Co-Founder and CEO of Civity, a national organization building relationships of respect and empathy across divides of race, class, culture and politics.

9:00 a.m. Grounding Our Intentions for the Day

• Land Acknowledgment

  Mona Recalde, Gabrieleno/Tongva

• Blessing for the Day

  Allan Hatcher, Cocopah

• A Gathering of Peacemakers

  Contra Tiempo

9:30 a.m. Welcome and Gratitude

• CA Civil Rights Department

Kevin Kish is the Director of the California Civil Rights Department (CRD), which protects residents from unlawful discrimination in employment, public accommodations, and housing as well as from hate violence and human trafficking.

• CRD Dispute Resolution Division (DRD)

Chhaya Malik is DRD Deputy Director and leads a team of attorney mediators working to resolve civil rights complaints filed with CRD and the Community Conflict Resolution Unit (CCRU), which promotes peaceful relations by assisting communities experiencing fear, conflict, or tensions relating to discriminatory practices, hate incidents, or hate crimes that have a community impact.

10:00 a.m. Opening Plenary

• Robert Yazzie, Chief Justice Emeritus, Navajo Nation

The Honorable Robert Yazzie served as the Chief Justice of the Navajo Nation from 1992 through 2003. He practiced law in the Navajo Nation for 16 years and was a district judge for eight years. He teaches Navajo Law at the Navajo Technical University.

• Cheryl D. Fairbanks, Attorney and Member of the Tribal Court of Appeals, Tlingit-Tsimshian

Cheryl Demmert Fairbanks is a practicing attorney and expert on Indian law. She serves as a Justice on the tribal court of appeals. She is the Interim Executive Director of the University of New Mexico Native American Budget and Policy Institute.

• Rainey Enjady, Peacemaking Trainer, Mescalero Apache

Rainey Enjady, a proud Mescalero Apache elder woman, has devoted her life to the sacred path of peacemaking. Although she has carried the role of peacemaker within her family and community since youth, she formally embraced this calling in 2019 when she began leading efforts to bring Indigenous peacemaking processes into the Mescalero Tribal Court.

10:30 a.m. Break

10:45 a.m. Morning sessions – Grounding and Strategic Opportunities

12:15 p.m. Lunch Conversation

The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA) and Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) will share experiences and reflections on community conflict and how their organizations are responding.

1:30 p.m. Transition to Afternoon Sessions

1:45 p.m. Afternoon Sessions – Communities of Practice Sessions, Opportunities for Collaboration and Action Steps

3:15 p.m. Closing Reflections

• Orland Bishop, founder Shadetree Multicultural Foundation, will offer closing reflections on what lies ahead. As a futurist, healer, and community-centered holder of sacred space, he will draw on his extensive study of medicine, naturopathy, and traditions of South and West Africa. He will offer a vision of the future based on his transformative approach to peace-building, blending spiritual wisdom, indigenous knowledge, and contemporary psychology to address societal and individual trauma.
• Rey Rodriguez, author and attorney, will read from Todos Somos Sagrados / All Are Sacred, a collection of essays and poems dedicated to the women of Dolores Mission in Boyle Heights, whose radical love and commitment to community transformed hardship into hope.

4:00 p.m. Building Our Community Conflict Practitioner Network

Please engage with each other, exchange contact information, and meet the CCRU team. And we invite everyone to receive sound meditation with Inez, whose healing work is rooted in traditional indigenous medicine and sacred sounds.