Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Belonging

Dialog Resources

The 2024 Diversity Retreat for Bay College Staff focused on learning and practicing dialog models for engaging in meaningful and productive dialog.

Dyad Model: This is a practice that involves individuals who are willing to do the deep work of listening to understand each other's perspectives. It is less "conversational" and more focused on being mindful in the moment of listening to another person share their experiences and views about a topic. [Description provided by Dr. June Klees.]
Looping: This technique combines listening, retelling, asking for clarification, and diving deeper into a conversation. It emphasizes authentic listening and genuine curiosity.
Historic Memory: This is an inter-generational dialogue practice that encourages participants to story-tell from their lived experiences around a particular topic. [Description provided by Dr. June Klees.]

The following books, articles, websites, and videos are recommended for more exploration and guidance to build a personal resource toolbox.

Books

Cover art of Beyond your bubble : how to connect across the political divide, skills and strategies for conversations that work by Tania Israel

Cover art of The way out : how to overcome toxic polarization by Peter T Coleman

Cover art of We need to talk: how to have conversations that matter by Celeste Headlee

Internet Resources

#OpenYourWorld In this Heineken Ad, strangers with opposing viewpoints talk with one another.
9 Tips for Initiating Difficult Conversations Across difference For over 35 years, The Forum on Workplace Inclusion® has served as a convening hub for those seeking to grow professional leadership and effectiveness skills in the field of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) by engaging people, advancing ideas, and igniting change.
Braver Angels Braver Angels is leading the nation's largest cross-partisan, volunteer-led movement to bridge the partisan divide. Through community gatherings, real debates, and grassroots leaders working together, we're creating hope--and showing Americans a braver way.
Civil Squared Our purpose at Civil Squared is to get un-likeminded people talking again because that's how, together, we'll create the most effective solutions to the challenges our communities face. Today's problems won't be solved by silencing disagreement. Civil discourse is essential to building and maintaining a free and prosperous society. A truly free society requires not just free exchanges of goods and services, but a free exchange of ideas.
Good Conflict We help communities and companies get smarter about how they fight. By incorporating insights from neuroscience, conflict mediation, social psychology, and solutions journalism, we make it easier for people to respond to discord without collapsing into contempt.
Listen First Project Conversation Tips from the Listen First Project.
Living Room Conversations Living Room Conversations connects people within communities and across differences through dialogue to build trust and understanding.
National Institute for Civil Discourse Engaging in conversations across the divide opens doors to finding common ground and moves our country toward a more perfect union. Our programs convey several key principles and best practices that are critical to connecting across divides, including: Empathy instead of vitriol; Listening for Understanding instead of hearing to overpower; and Humility instead of all-knowing.
Oshkosh Civility Project The Oshkosh Civility Project is a community-based effort. We are working in partnership with others to raise attention and awareness to the principles and the practices of civility.
Respectful Conversations Video As part of the Minnesota Council of Churches Respectful Conversations Project, we demonstrated the "do's" and "do not do's" of having a civil discussion.
Tania Israel's Downloadable Resources Tania Isreal is the author of Beyond Your Bubble. Resources from this website include Quote Cards to download and share, links to dialogue organizations, and articles.

These books are available for checkout from the Bay College Library. Click on the image to view the library's catalog.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging

Dialog Resources

Books

Internet Resources