Program Overview
Dialogue for Change (DfC) is a 2-day intensive professional development program that takes participants through a concise Intergroup Dialogue (IGD) experience and provides them with concrete skills to engage in meaningful exchanges with individuals who have different perspectives and lived experiences. Participants will learn more about the tenets of IGD, engage in self-reflection, and develop their empathy and understanding through interactive exercises.
The UODI will offer two retreat opportunities, one for Carolina faculty & staff and the other for graduate & professional students.
Applicant Profile
Interested in participants with various levels of dialogue experience, who are passionate about self-reflection, community-building, and engaging in productive conflict. Seeking a diverse cohort with representation across social identities including, but not limited to race, ethnicity, neurodiversity, gender, age, socioeconomic status, religion, sexual orientation, gender expression, disability status, nationality, geographic origin, language use, first generation, veteran/military, and political ideology.
Responsibilities & Commitments
To receive a certificate of completion, participants must attend both session days from 9:00AM-4:00PM. The 8:30AM breakfast is optional, and lunch will be provided.
Dialogue for Change Retreat Information
Graduate and Professional Students
Program Dates: Thursday, February 29, 2024 and Friday, March 1, 2024
Learning Goals:
- Develop greater self-awareness about one’s personal relationship to social identity and communication and conflict styles
- Explore allyship and how to be a more supportive ally in professional and academic settings
- Garner tools to help address challenging situations in the professional and academic worlds including microaggressions and incidents of bias
- Enhance group dynamics and foster the development of a peer cohort comprised of social justice advocates.
- Create an action plan for continued learning after the retreat
Application Launch: Monday, December 11, 2023
Application Deadline: Monday, January 29, 2024
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Faculty and Staff
2023 Program Closed.
Program Dates: Thursday, October 12, 2023 and Friday, October 13, 2023
Learning Goals:
- Develop greater self-awareness about one’s personal relationship to social identity, communication, and conflict styles
- Introduce Intergroup Dialogue pedagogy and how it applies to different settings
- Practice empathy-building, perspective-taking, voicing, and engaging with conflict productively
- Garner tools to help address challenging situations in the workplace and/or classroom setting
- Create an action plan for continued learning after the retreat
Application Launch: Monday, August 21, 2023
Application Deadline: Wednesday, September 27, 2023
Keep an eye out on this page to know more about 2024 applications!
Please reach out to Ari Weinbaum, Assistant Director of Education, Community Engagement, and Strategic Initiatives (amwein@unc.edu) or Cloe Liparini, Director of Education, Community Engagement, and Belonging (cloe@unc.edu) if you have any questions.