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Dr. April Edwell (she/they) is the 2025 Projects for Peace Alumni Award recipient. Projects for Peace is a global program of the Center for Community Engagement at Middlebury, and the award, now in its third year, offers $50,000 to support the ongoing peacebuilding efforts of a past Projects for Peace grant recipient who demonstrates innovation and persistence in working for peace and transforming conflict. An Associate Professor of Pediatrics at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals, Dr. Edwell works as a Pediatric Intensivist helping critically ill children and their families. In this keynote, Dr. Edwell will address how they approach and transform conflicts in the healthcare setting in an approach that includes the integration of trauma-informed care with anti-racist frameworks.