October 9, 2024 | By Nick Pfost
The Program on Intergroup Relations (IGR) is delighted to share highlights from our 2023-2024 annual report.
"This has been an important year of growth, learning, and planning for [IGR]," said IGR co-directors Monita Thompson and Donna Rich Kaplowitz. "We remain steadfast in our mission of education for social justice as a continuing effort to raise consciousness and provide skills for working through conflict. We strive to do our part in making the world a better place."
Achievements and milestones include:
- Courses: With 656 course enrollments and new courses offered, IGR's impact continues to grow
- CommonGround: Participation is flourishing, with our student programming team organizing and facilitating these critical learning opportunities to 877 of their peers
- Summer Youth Dialogues: Eight U-M Social Justice Fellows organized and facilitated intergroup dialogues with 76 metro Detroit high school students.
- Advancing the field: Led and learned alongside 66 higher education practitioners from 23 institutions at our virtual National Intergroup Dialogue Institute
- Released valuable new insights on intergroup dialogue, including Facilitating Transformational Dialogues: Creating Socially Just Communities
- And more!
View the full report below, or find a past report.
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