Dialogue Around Community Conflict

The Dialogue Around Community Conflict program is an, interactive, facilitated process that opens lines of communication and fosters mutual understanding to help address community conflict and decrease tensions. The program convenes participants from as many parts of the community as possible to exchange information face-to-face or virtually, share personal stories and experiences, honestly express perspectives, clarify viewpoints, and develop solutions that address community concerns.

Program Goals

• Improve communication between varied groups
• Build new relationships and partnerships between varied groups
• Strengthen existing relationships between varied groups
• Create understandings of shared community histories and inequities/barriers that impact some communities
• Bring people together who do not typically engage with one another
• Reduce the potential for conflict
• Develop plans for collaborative community initiatives