Edited by: Stephanie D. Hicks, Donna Rich Kaplowitz
Foreword by: Beverly Daniel Tatum
Publication Date: July 26, 2024
Pages: 208
This much-needed guide provides the specific skills and materials necessary to facilitate effective dialogues across identity differences. We are living through arguably one of the most divisive times in our country and the world. People do not know how to communicate across differences in a way that advances the public good—from the international halls of power to local city governments to classrooms to family dinners. The consequences are devastating—from hate-fueled conflicts and mass shootings to teachers who do not know how to address problematic comments in the classroom. This book responds to the urgent need to address complicated, intense, and oftentimes personal differences in a productive way. Written for both novice and experienced facilitators, it offers concrete materials to use in classrooms and other settings, along with anecdotes, vignettes, and hard-earned lessons based on the authors’ own experiences. By capturing conversations among leaders in the field and emergent practitioners, Facilitating Transformational Dialogues emanates optimistic energy and time-tested wisdom from the fields of Intergroup Relations and Intergroup Dialogue.
Book Features:
Stephanie D. Hicks is a lecturer at the Program on Intergroup Relations and a faculty affiliate of the Institute for Research on Women and Gender at the University of Michigan. Donna Kaplowitz is the LSA faculty co-director of The Program on Intergroup Relations at the University of Michigan, and coauthor of Race Dialogues: Tackling the Elephant in the Classroom.
“These divisive and politically charged times call for strong resources that help us navigate the rough terrains of listening and understanding across difference. This book is a much-needed guide for anyone working to lead people in transformative dialogue for social change amidst challenges of power, privilege, and oppression.”
—Dorinda J. Carter Andrews, professor and chairperson, Department of Teacher Education, Michigan State University
“This book is a gem! It allows readers to hear from the giants in the field of dialogue. It is an invaluable resource for facilitators in multiple fields as it covers scenarios and techniques that can be used in college classrooms, high schools, and workplaces. I highly recommend this book as a teaching resource.”
—Brighid M. Dwyer, vice dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion, University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences
“Hicks and Kaplowitz have assembled a tremendously useful text to assist those pursuing dialogue across difference in today's polarized world, especially in the name of social justice. I especially appreciated that the chapters address those wishing to develop different types of dialogue programs as well as those in the throes of facilitating dialogue. The well-being chapter is particularly welcome. All of our facilitators will soon have a copy!"
—Sherry Perlmutter Bowen, faculty director, Dr. Terry Nance Center for Dialogue, Villanova University
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