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Fostering Dialogue Across Divides

Fostering Dialogue Across Divides is a practical nuts and bolts guide that offers advice and ideas for single and multi-session dialogues. It includes questions that will help people have conversations about abortion, Muslim-Jewish and interfaith relations, sexual orientation, and the Red-Blue divide in the United States. This guide will prove an invaluable tool for anyone interested in conducting meaningful dialogue between parties in conflict. This guide is also available in Spanish.

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Maggie Herzig & Laura Chasin

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Susan Countryman

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Sep 15, 2008

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more a training guide than a dialogue I was disappointed to discover that this was not a guide ready for use but rather guidance for religious discussion leaders. The portion in which I was interested was only about one percent of the whole. Also, the term "homosexuality" will indicate an underlying bias to some people who are gay.

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Carolyn Caywood Oct 1, 2008

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Very good planning guide for establishing effective dialogue on very divisive issues. This document provides a comprehensive approach to fostering engaging dialogue on some very divisive topics, esp. (terriorism, inter-faith, war, etc.) and can be adapted for many others. It's an excellent facilitation resource. There's less emphasis on helping people manage the ideas after the dialogue, but lots of tips on pre-dialogue work.

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Carolyne Abdullah Sep 19, 2008

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Relevant to all walks of life

Covers a variety of perspectives

Uses clear, uncomplicated language

Promotes discussion of trade-offs

Shows a clear path to action