July 31, 2023
This summer, a group of 64 educators and college administrators gathered for the National Intergroup Dialogue Institute to learn about creating dialogue programs on their campuses.
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What it takes—Advancing Intergroup Dialogue to transform lives
Advancing the field—Seven from IGR lead sessions at biennial national dialogue conference
June 30, 2023
Seven staff and affiliates from The Program on Intergroup Relations (IGR) shared their knowledge, experience, and research with colleagues earlier this month at the Difficult Dialogues National Resource Center's (DDNRC) esteemed biennial conference.
A Letter from the Directors
Welcome to the first newsletter of The Program on Intergroup Relations at the University of Michigan (IGR)!
Marketing Your Experience
Ideas from Aaron Traxler-Ballew
Carefully Choosing Metaphors
Some people say job searching or applying to grad school is all about selling yourself. And if you're willing to think about yourself and your experience as something to be sold, this approach may work for you. I prefer a different metaphor: the generic novel.
IGR Alumni Spend Summer in Washington D. C. as White House Interns
Nora Stephens and Brittany Smith both spent a summer working in our nation's capital through the White House Internship Program. Below, Nora writes about her experience.
A year from the IGR Scrapbook - 1997
In this feature, we share notable moments from a selected year within IGR's history.
Here's what happened in 1997...
School of Public Health uses IGR model to form dialogue program
Summer 2014
In collaboration with IGR, the University of Michigan School of Public Health (SPH) is actively engaged in a five-year initiative to provide every student, staff, and faculty member at SPH with a substantive dialogue experience, including opportunities for students to be trained as intergroup dialogue facilitators.
IGR Symposium Facilitates Conversations on Engaged Pedagogies
On Monday, October 28, 200 faculty, staff, and students packed the Michigan League Ballroom to discuss engaged pedagogies as part of IGR's 25th Anniversary Symposium "The Theory and Practice of Engaged Pedagogies: Pursuing Social Justice."
IGR Student Writes Op-Ed Piece for the Michigan Daily
We are excited for IGR student Zeinab Khalil for having an Op-Ed piece published in the Michigan Daily this week!
Zeinab participated in Summer Youth Dialogues On Race and Ethnicity this past summer as a facilitator. She said about her piece:
IGR participates in U-M Frankel Center for Judaic Studies panel
Fall 2013
IGR's own Dr. Adrienne Dessel recently participated in a U-M Frankel Center for Judaic Studies event called Conversations on Community, Identity, and Israel: Making Sense of the Pew Portrait of Jewish Americans.