{"product_id":"facilitating-transformational-dialogues_9780807786024","title":"Facilitating Transformational Dialogues","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis much-needed guide provides the specific skills and materials necessary to facilitate effective dialogues across identity differences. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book responds to the urgent need to address complicated, intense, and oftentimes personal differences in a productive way. \u003cb\u003eWritten for both novice and experienced facilitators, it offers concrete materials to use in classrooms and other settings\u003c\/b\u003e, 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, \u003ci\u003eFacilitating Transformational Dialogues\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eemanates optimistic energy and time-tested wisdom from the fields of Intergroup Relations and Intergroup Dialogue\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook Features:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e● A roadmap for school, university, and community leaders to navigate the implementation of dialogues. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e● An exploration into why talking about power in intimate cross-identity dialogue settings is key to dismantling systems of oppression.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e● A primer on the foundations of facilitation with specific suggestions for pre- and inservice teachers, professors, youth advisors, school administrators, business leaders, and everyone interested in promoting dialogue across difference.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e● An extended conversation around intergroup dialogue that includes a chapter on well-being for facilitators.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e● A range of strategies for implementing dialogues, from using peer, near-peer, teacher, or consultant-based facilitating frameworks.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e● A curriculum that has been field tested in dozens of settings with high school and college students, faculty, professors, and community leaders.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e● A dialogue between the founders of intergroup dialogue in higher education and emerging leaders in the field.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e● A companion to Race Dialogues: A Facilitator's Guide to Tackling the Elephant in the Classroom by Donna Rich Kaplowitz, Shayla Reese Griffin, and Sheri Seyka\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Stephanie D. Hicks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43037201498214,"sku":"9780807786024","price":41.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0650\/4051\/5174\/files\/9780807786024.jpg?v=1771608219","url":"https:\/\/www.tcpress.com\/products\/facilitating-transformational-dialogues_9780807786024","provider":"Teachers College Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}