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Help us build trust,
relationships, and partnerships among neighbors, citizens, and immigrants of different
faiths and cultures
Mid East Dialogues
Brooklyn
Mon. Dec 9, 2012
Sun. Jan. 13, 2013
Manhattan
Wed. Dec 12, 2012
Wed. Jan. 23, 2013
Westchester
Thurs. Dec. 20, 2012
Thurs. Jan. 24, 2013
Call The Dialogue Project at 718-768-2175 for more information.
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Learn about our Community Partner
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| What is Dialogue? |
| Dialogue is a balance of advocacy and inquiry. Advocacy is reasoning with supportive data. Inquiry is suspension of reason and exposing your mental models and heart, giving the other person a "window to your reasoning" and to your humanity" |
Good Dialogue Is... |
- ...an Exchange of ideas and experiences that is so active, effective, highly charged that it leaves none of the participants unchanged.
- means learning to suspend one's opinions and judgments in order to truely listen to one another.
- requires staying in the dialogue, even when one's closely held beliefs are challenged.
- requires all participants to contribute from where they are - even half-formed ideas.
- can result in divergent views converging, discovering a new social intelligence.
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What is the Difference Between Dialogue and Debate? |
Dialogue |
Discussion and Debate |
| To inquire and to learn |
To tell, sell, peruade |
| To unfold shared meaning |
To gain agreement on one meaning |
| To integrate multiple perspectives |
To evaluate and select the best |
| To uncover and examine |
To justify/defend assumptions |
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