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General Information about
Critical Dialogues
Across Differences (CDAD)
CDAD is a new program designed to provide Cal students with a space for on-going dialogue around issues of difference and identity in social and cultural groups.
Through the dialogue process, students will share their perspectives and experiences about difficult issues in a small group setting which allows everyone to better understand the issues and learn from each other. Dialogue is not debate. Dialogue requires learning to listen, asking questions of others, and committing to understanding other perspectives, even if you don’t agree.
Five dialogue groups will take place this fall. Each dialogue group is facilitated by trained faculty and staff and will meet weekly over eight weeks between September 21 and November 16, 2009.
If selected, participants are expected to make a commitment to attending each of the eight sessions during the fall semester. Work (e.g. readings) for the dialogue groups will be kept to a minimum because we know you are busy students!
These dialogue groups are not credit bearing classes. They are designed for your interest, personal growth, learning and development.
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We are interested in forming dialogue groups that will create fruitful and stimulating conversations through the diversity of voices and identities present. The Student Interest Questionnaire will be reviewed only by the CDAD Selection Committee to learn more about you.
Questionnaire Forms are due on or before Tuesday, September 14th, 2009 at 4pm. Please submit completed forms to Lisa McRipley, 2610 Channing Way, 3rd Floor, or by email lmcripley(at)berkeley.edu.
Decisions will be announced by email on Friday September 18th 2009 and Dialogue groups will begin meeting the following week. If you have any questions, please contact LisaMcRipley at the email address above.
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The vision for Critical Dialogues Across Differences is to assist in creating a campus community where all of its members feel valued, respected, and appreciated for their distinct qualities, beliefs, and talents. Our mission: "CDAD provides a space for dialogue around issues of difference and identity in social and cultural groups. Through small group dialogue students will explore their own narrative and that of others toward the development of an inclusive community." To that end, our Critical Dialogues program focuses on social cognitive and democracy outcomes such as: comfort with conflict, awareness of multiple identities (both personal and social), taking action, and identifying self interest vs. public good in order to achieve this vision(1).
We are members of the UC Berkeley campus community that want to aid in the realization of this vision. The charge for this group of individuals is to facilitate semester long dialogues with Cal students across a wide range of categories, including but not limited to: dialogues across racial, gender, class, sexuality, ability, religious/faith, and political affiliations. We will begin the pilot program in Fall 2009.
Facilitators, Fall 2009
Paula Argentieri,
EAEDU - Graduate School of Education
James Carroll, Assistant Director, Residential Living
Yoo Mi Choi, Resident Director, Residential Living
Billy Curtis, Director & Asst. Dean of Students, Gender & Equity Rsrc Ctr
Lisa McRipley, Manager of Community Development, OSD
Jonathan Poullard, Asst. Vice Chancellor & Dean of
Students, Campus Life & Leadership
Anne Marie Richard, Assistant Director, Academic Services
Stephen Sutton, Executive Director, Office of Student Development
Marty Takimoto, Director Of Marketing Communication, RSSP
Nurredina Workman, Leadership Dev. Program Coord., Campus Life and Leadership
Contact Us
If you are interested in getting more information or participating in the program please contact Lisa McRipley at lmcripley(at)berkeley.edu.
Program Sponsors
Co-Sponsored by Campus
Life and Leadership, the Office of Student Development and the Division of Equity and Inclusion at
University of California, Berkeley.
1 Hurtado, S., Nelson Laird, T., Meader, E., and Washington, H. (2000, March). Preparing College Students for a Diverse Democracy: A Collaborative Project. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Association for Higher Education.
