ABSTRACT
Given the hyper-polarizing taking place within the society recently, there have been gentle overtures for tolerance and peace. Many institutions have established, by various names, an entity that is charged with weaving tolerance and peace objectives into existing equity, diversity, and inclusion goals, for example, Chief Diversity Officer and Director of Inclusive Excellence and Institutional Culture titles, just to name a few. This chapter proposes a road map that, while not guaranteeing success, increases the chance of genuine integration of tolerance and peace through new ways of thinking about and approaching equity, diversity, and inclusion. In exploring genuine integration of tolerance and peace, institutions need to focus on essential components that contribute to leadership development, ownership characteristics, and partnership opportunities. To effectively promote and practice tolerance and peace, an institution needs to establish some level of ownership in terms of where it is, how it arrived there, and what needs to be done.
