Community and Campus Life Forum
From March 23-25, Harvard's forum, Leading with Community, will bring the community together to foster a campus culture rooted in the University Values.
Leading with Community
The 2026 Forum invites members of the University to lead with community—to explore how we can center community in our everyday interactions and decisions to become better leaders.
Who can attend?
This event welcomes all Harvard students, faculty, staff, researchers, alumni, and other affiliates to actively participate in dynamic lectures and workshops.
What will I learn?
Attendees get a chance to learn from faculty, student leaders, staff, and special guests on promising practices at Harvard, innovative scholarship, and University-wide thinking about how we live out our shared commitments.
What is the schedule?
Register today to get details about the schedule, speakers, and locations!
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Event Highlights
How to Disagree Better
Julia Minson is a professor of public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and the founder of Disagreeing Better, LLC – a behavioral science consultancy and training firm. Her work examines disagreements around hot-button, identity-relevant topics — conflicts around politics, values, and professional and health decision-making.
Join her keynote on March 24 about the psychology of disagreement and practice simple interventions to help you become more receptive to opposing views of others.
Healing Divides through Recognition and Respect
Michèle Lamont, Robert I. Goldman Professor of European Studies, and Professor of Sociology and of African and African American Studies at Harvard University, will draw on her scholarship to illuminate how practices of mutual respect can bridge divides across difference.
Join her keynote on March 25 at 1:30 p.m. E.T. about healing divides.
Workshops and Socials
The Forum also offers dynamic workshops, social events, and livestreamed lectures with speakers from across Harvard.
Accessibility and Accommodations
All virtual and in-person events provide live captioning and American Sign Language interpretation. If you would like to request additional accommodations, please complete the registration form at least two weeks in advance. Please note that the University will make every effort to secure services, but that services are subject to availability.