A series of lunch and learn workshops led by the Program on Intergroup Relations as part of the U-M DEI Summit. Workshops will focus on dialogic skill-building for faculty and staff. This series is generously supported by the U-M Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.

All sessions have a maximum capacity. Please click the Registration link below to reserve your spot.

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What Is Intergroup Dialogue: This Is How We Do It
October 18, 2019 - 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Monita Thompson & Shana Schoem
Level: Introductory
Learn about the Program on Intergroup Relations' approach and pedagogical underpinnings to the work rooted in dialogue, power, privilege and oppression.

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Who I am and why it matters: Understanding your social group identities and how it impacts your work
October 25, 2019 - 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Donna Rich Kaplowitz & Cesar Vargas-Leon
Level: Introductory through Advanced
Using tools for exploring social group identity and their relations to power and privilege, this workshop has participants examine and reflect on how their social group identities impact their work. Self reflection and sharing is expected.

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Successfully Navigating Power Dynamics with Generative Listening
November 1, 2019 - 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Roger Fisher & Hamida Bhagirathy
Level: Introductory through Advanced
Using the tool of generative listening, participants will learn about their strengths, skills, and capacities to create change, while focused on surfacing the power dilemmas in the workplace and navigating those dynamics to productively move DEI agendas forward in their context. Participants will have an opportunity to reflect upon and answer questions such as “When have I had success in dealing with the power structure? Where have I experienced roadblocks, and what were they? How can collective and coalitional action fuel the power I need to remove roadblocks?”

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(Good) Sh*t Happens: Conflict, Identity and Power
November 8, 2019 - 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Monita Thompson & Shana Schoem
Level: Intermediate to Advanced
This interactive session will provide participants with an opportunity to learn strategies for navigating conflict that specifically focus on balancing power, noticing and surfacing dynamics and attending to how social identities and positionality impact conflict and conflict resolution. Participants will also consider how to reframe conflict as positive, productive and natural.

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Dominant Narratives
November 15, 2019 - 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Stephanie Hicks
Level: Intermediate to Advanced
In this workshop we will explore the influence of social power, hegemony and dominant (meta, grand or master) narratives in classrooms and other dialogic settings. Participants will learn about an approach called Multipartiality and the technique of counter narratives.

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Advanced Strategies and Techniques for Multipartial Facilitation
November 22, 2019 - 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Roger Fisher
Level: Advanced
This session is for participants already familiar with dominant narratives and multipartiality as a facilitation technique, to explore a deeper dive into the nuances of these skills.