Learn how to shift your campus culture to proactively engage in constructive dialogue related to anti-Semitism and Islamophobia, and other sectarian conflicts. If various groups don’t feel they have a voice, that their voices are not heard, that their institution opposes them, or favors them, or that they are unsafe on campus, their potential to escalate increases exponentially. This consultation, usually offered in half-day or full-day workshop format, engages stakeholders in the question of what within the current culture of the institution is fomenting or likely to foment conflict, and what can be done to shift the culture toward productive dialogue, constructive conflict, better understanding, and potential bridge-building.
Attendees will be able to:
- Understand better what within their culture encourages healthy dialogue and what inhibits it.
- Explore ways to shift culture gradually to help ensure it is conducive to allowing groups to be heard, while also setting important boundaries for how far activism can go in influencing policy.
- Assess how more effective conflict resolution mechanisms can impact both inter-personal and inter-group dynamics to create space for important conversations.