Sophie Phillips is a program coordinator for CommonGround at The Program on Intergroup Relations. Sophie is a senior majoring in political science and French with a minor in intergroup relations education and a joint certificate in community action and social change. Sophie has been involved with IGR since her freshman year, and has been a dialogue participant since the age of eight. She has previously served as a Workshop Facilitator and program assistant in CommonGround and has facilitated several ALA courses as well as Summer Youth Dialogues and the Youth Social Justice Fellows Program. Additionally, she is currently playing an integral role in the development and implementation of the ‘Meeting the Moment’ initiative, a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the Difficult Dialogues National Resource Center. Sophie is currently completing her senior honors thesis entitled, “Does Dialogue Change Politics? The Effect of Sustained Intergroup Dialogue on Political Ideology, Partisanship, and Political Participation Across and Within Identity Groups.” The Program on Intergroup Relations has provided Sophie with a meaningful community and profound opportunities for growth. Sophie is passionate about social justice and dialogue and looks forward to a career that helps develop the field of Intergroup Relations.