Facilitating Transformational Dialogues

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.

Contents Foreword?Beverly Daniel Tatum ?ix Acknowledgments ?xi Introduction ?1 1. ?Introduction to IGD: What Is IGD? ?7 Kristie Ford and Kelley Maxwell 2. ?Key Identity Concepts for IGD Facilitators to Know ?15 Section A: Key Social Identity Concepts for IGD Facilitators to Know ?17 Sara Crider and Danny Alvarez Section B: Privilege, Power, and Oppression-Core Terminology ?25 Christina Morton and Meaghan Wheat 3. ?Intergroup Dialogue Facilitator Techniques ?32 Section A: The Role of Facilitators ?34 Deborah Slosberg and Monita Thompson Section B: Equalizing Power Dynamics: Multipartiality, Dominant and Counter-Narratives ?39 Christina Morton and Cesar Vargas-Leon Section C: Challenging Dynamics in Intergroup Dialogue ?47 Mark Chesler and Roger Fisher 4. ?Models of Dialogue ?60 Section A: Co-Facilitator Observations From Faculty and Staff Intergroup Dialogues ?62 Erika Crews, Michael Kaplowitz, and Charles "charlie" Liu Section B: Facilitating Race Dialogues With High School Students ?70 Roger Fisher and Donna Rich Kaplowitz Section C: Online Dialogues: Their Benefits and Facilitation Challenges ?76 Anna Yeakley Section D: Setting the Context for Dialogue in the Workplace ?81 Trey Boynton and Taryn Petryk Section E: Dialogues in Instructor Development ?85 Tazin Daniels and Shana Schoem Section F: International Dialogue ?89 Alice Mishkin and Rima Hassouneh Section G: Just Sayin'-Some Opinions About Facilitation ?93 Charles Behling Section H: Dialogue and Movement Organizing ?98 Sariah Metcalfe 5. ?Passing the Torch: An Intergenerational Dialogue About Dialogue ?102 Participants: ? Founders: Pat Gurin, Beverly Daniel Tatum, Ximena Zuniga Emerging Leaders: Emely Hernandez Rubio, Olivia "Ollie" Jayakar, Cesar Vargas-Leon, and Meaghan Wheat 6. ?Well-Being and Facilitation ?115 adrienne maree brown and Stephanie Hicks Appendix A: Insight 1: What Is Intergroup Dialogue? ?133 Appendix B: Insight 2: Learning to Listen ?135 Appendix C: Insight 3: Developing Community Guidelines ?137 Appendix D: Insight 4: The Four Levels of Oppression ?139 Appendix E: Insight 5: Facilitator Personal Assessment Chart ?141 Appendix F: Insight 6: The Master/Dominant Narrative, Counter Narratives, and Multipartiality ?144 Adapted from the works of Janet Rifkin, J.D., and Leah Wing, EdD Appendix G: Insight 7: Intergroup Dialogue Facilitation ?146 Appendix H: Insight 8: Strategies for Managing Hot Moments in the Classroom ?148 Appendix I: Insight 9: Microaggressions-A Primer ?150 Appendix J: Insight 10: Interrupting Bias-The PALS Approach ?152 Appendix K: Insight 11: How to Apologize-Re-Aact ?154 Appendix L: Strategies for Facilitating Intergroup Dialogue Online ?155 Anna M. Yeakley Appendix M: IGD Facilitation: Some Suggestions ?161 References ?167 Index ?173 About the Editors and Contributors ?179