Each year the South Africa Community Fund hosts weekend peace building retreats in Cape Town with students from both local universities and north American universities. During the retreat students explore their core identity, follow their national and familial story line, develop active listening skills, study conflict that emerges through gender, race and class, and learn to honor the personal stories of people who come from contexts that are very different to their own. Local conflict and mediation specialists join the retreat, including staff from the Tutu Peace Centre and the Mediation & Transformation Centre.