Last year, I had the opportunity to work a part-time job on campus as the Athletics Liaison for the CARE office. CARE (Campus, Advocacy, Resources, and Education) is an intervention and prevention support program committed to ending sexual violence at UC Riverside. My main role was to promote healthy relationships, consent, bystander intervention, support resources and other related topics in collaboration with the athletics community through programs, workshops, campaigns, etc. I remember reading some of the skills that were required for the position like “strong leadership skills” and “the ability to work as a team and foster positive collaboration” and I was thinking that that wouldn’t be a problem since those were some of the skills that I developed through PeacePlayers. I worked for the CARE office for around one year, and one of the biggest challenges that I encountered was engaging in difficult conversations about very sensitive topics. I would have my weekly one-on-ones with my supervisor or our weekly team meetings, and we would discuss our projects and often that would lead to uncomfortable conversations. However, my experience with PeacePlayers really helped me in this aspect of my work. We often talked about the conflict between our communities, for example how our peers viewed the people from the ‘other side’ and their comments were upsetting to hear, but necessary if we wanted change. Difficult conversations with PeacePlayers peers really helped me in understanding that the uncomfortable conversations I engaged in during my time with CARE were necessary for development and thus change.