The UCLA Dialogue across Difference Initiative fosters a resilient culture of communication for UCLA’s campus and community.
Teaching
Support faculty and instructors at UCLA to facilitate across difference in the classroom.
What We Do
The Dialogue across Difference (DaD) Initiative aims to model and promote the values of intellectual engagement, curiosity, empathy, active listening and critical thinking at UCLA. We do so through four prongs of activity: training, student engagement, teaching, and programming.
The Vision
A UCLA campus and community where differences are met with skillful listening, mutual respect, and a shared commitment to learning.
Our Work
The DaD Initiative advances our mission via four areas of work. They are:
Campus Collaboration & Resources
UCLA is home to many leaders, experts, students, and scholars who embody the DaD values of intellectual engagement, curiosity, empathy, active listening and critical thinking.
DaD is currently engaged in mapping out existing dialogue expertise and resources at UCLA via our Dialogue Inventory. It is our hope that this inventory makes dialogue resources more visible and accessible to our community.
The Dialogue across Difference Initiative is housed in the Bedari Kindness Institute. DaD is both connected to the study and advancement of kindness and has its own distinctive features and focus areas.
News
Dialogue Across Difference Initiative
1500 Public Affairs Building
337 Charles E Young Dr E
Los Angeles, CA 90095