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.
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 Letter from the Directors
Welcome to the first newsletter of The Program on Intergroup Relations at the University of Michigan (IGR)!
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...
Faculty Chat: Adrienne Dessel
You may know IGR staff member Dr. Adrienne Dessel from her role of Instructor in:
- Foundations of Intergroup Relations
- Training Processes in Intergroup Dialogue Facilitation
- Conflict and Co-existence
We thought we'd take a few minutes to shed light on some things you may not know about Adrienne. We sat down with her and asked her several questions, so that we could share the answers with you.
What is the most life-changing book you've ever read?
Warm Welcome: D. Alvarez
D. recently joined IGR's staff as an Interim Student Life Program Manager. His focus is on managing the CommonGround program, teaching IGR's training course and furthering CommonGround's research agenda. D. is excited to dive into his work with the CommonGround team and he hopes to see CommonGround spread into new areas of the U-M community.
IGR Student Voices: Equity Over Equality
IGR strongly supports students joining campus conversations on identity and social justice. Today we share a piece from IGR student Elena Ross, published in the Michigan Daily.
Elena also shared how her experiences in IGR have helped her to explore her views on social issues.
CommonGround Monthly Meetings Encourage Continuous Learning
by Jessica Sumney, Graduate Intern
Although our new CommonGround facilitators participate in an intensive weekend-long training retreat at the beginning of each semester, there is always more to learn about facilitating social justice education. That's why CommonGround has dedicated this semester's monthly meetings to exposing facilitators and student coordinators to the activities and exercises available in the IGR catalog.
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.