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Campus & Community Engagement

Campus Initiatives
Local Initiatives
National Initiatives

Campus Initiatives

Chancellor Nancy Cantor – Chancellor Cantor speaks to the mission and vision of the Syracuse University Intergroup Dialogue Program. Recent speeches and writings by Nancy Cantor, Chancellor and President of Syracuse University, addressing issues of diversity and the practice and importance of intergroup dialogue are available at the Chancellor’s website.

Conversations about Race and Ethnicity (CARE) – CARE is a six-week intergroup dialogue program based in residence halls. This co-curricular offering represents collaboration among the Intergroup Dialogue Program, Office of Multicultural Affairs, Office of Residence Life, and Syracuse’s
Community Wide Dialogue to End Racism. Small groups of students share personal experiences focusing on race and ethnicity. Selected readings and activities enhance students’ understanding of these issues in broader society. You may apply to CARE using their online application.

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Local Initiatives

Diversity Institute – The intergroup dialogue program partners with local high school teachers to offer an annual one-day institute, on SU’s campus, that engages high school students studying race and culture in American society in cross-school and community-university dialogue.

Read more about the Diversity Institute in a School of Education publication: Snyder, Matthew R. (2006, Spring). Raising our voices. Education Exchange.

Community Wide Dialogue to End Racism - Syracuse, NY – "Community Wide Dialogue (CWD) to End Racism is the longest-running dialogue program on ending racism in the United States." (CWD, About)

The dialogue work of the Community Wide Dialogue to End Racism has been featured on the Everyday Democracy website: Fanselow, Julie. (2007, Mar. 13). Syracuse marks a decade of dialogue to end racism. Everyday Democracy.

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National Initiatives

Multiversity Intergroup Dialogue Research Project

Participating Colleges and Universities

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“The student testimonials were some of the most spiritual experiences that I’ve ever experienced. It’s no longer about statistics, you have a face and person you get to know inside and out and it makes everything so much more real.”
- An IGD Student, Spring 2008