Dialogue Across Difference

Speaking Across Conflict Workshop for Students
2026-01-30 12:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
The Dialogue across Differences Initiative at UCLA is proud to offer an interactive opportunity for UCLA students to delve deeper into a core skill for having more constructive conversations across charged political differences.
Based on the methodology of Resetting the Table, a nationally renowned organization dedicated to building honest and open communication, this workshop will allow participants to practice speaking about divisive political topics using effective skills. The session will be highly interactive, and we ask that participants be present for its entirety.
Location: This session will be held in-person only on the UCLA campus and will not be recorded. Location shared upon RSVP.
RSVP here.

Speaking Across Conflict Workshop for Graduate Students
2026-02-12 12:00 - 15:00
The Dialogue across Differences Initiative at UCLA is proud to offer an interactive opportunity for graduate students to delve deeper into a core skill for having more constructive conversations across charged political differences.
Based on the methodology of Resetting the Table, a nationally renowned organization dedicated to building honest and open communication, this workshop will allow participants to practice speaking about divisive political topics using effective skills. The session will be highly interactive, and we ask that participants be present for its entirety.
Location: This session will be held in-person only on the UCLA campus and will not be recorded. Location shared upon RSVP.
RSVP here.

Deepening the Dialogue for UCLA Students
2026-02-12 17:00 - 19:00, 2026-05-14 17:00 - 19:00
Are you a UCLA undergraduate, graduate, or professional student who has already participated in a “Speaking Across Conflict” workshop?
This interactive session will give you a chance to keep practicing the skills you learned in this workshop in conversation with other UCLA community members about the issues that matter most to you.
Join together with others to “see people as they wish to be seen” and to be heard and listened to on your own terms.
Register here.

Speaking Across Conflict Workshop for Faculty and Staff
2026-04-09 12:00 - 14:30
The Dialogue across Differences Initiative at UCLA is proud to offer an interactive opportunity for staff, administrators, and faculty to delve deeper into a core skill for having more constructive conversations across charged political differences.
Based on the methodology of Resetting the Table, a nationally renowned organization dedicated to building honest and open communication, this workshop will allow participants to practice speaking about divisive political topics using effective skills. The session will be highly interactive, and we ask that participants be present for its entirety. It will be led by Ariane White.
Location: This session will be held in-person only on the UCLA campus and will not be recorded. Location shared upon RSVP.
RSVP here.

Symposium on Sound and Hate
2026-04-10 10:00
This half-day symposium at UCLA will examine the intersection of sound and hate, highlighting how auditory experiences can propagate, resist, and reflect social animosities. Bringing together diverse perspectives from sound studies and related fields, the event will deepen understanding of how sound influences, challenges, and shapes the dynamics of hate in society. The keynote address, “Sectarian Reckonings: The Politics of Voice and Song in Post-Authoritarian Syria,” will be delivered by Shayna M. Silverstein, Associate Professor in the Department of Performance Studies and faculty member of the Middle Eastern and North African Studies program at Northwestern University. Her talk explores public reckonings with sectarian violence in Syria from the 2010s conflict to the precarious present, offering guided listening to sonic practices—from chant and song to rock and livestream audio culture—that respond to sectarianized hate, violence, and animosity. Additional speakers include UCLA School of Music Associate Professor Jenny Johnson, UCLA Initiative to Study Hate (ISH) Research Manager Dr. Amalia Mora, and the symposium’s curator Dr. Kathryn Huether (ISH and Leve Center for Jewish Studies Postdoctoral Fellow-Antisemitism Studies).

Speaking Across Conflict Workshop for Graduate & Professional Students
2026-04-14 12:00 - 15:00
The Dialogue across Differences Initiative at UCLA is proud to offer an interactive opportunity for Graduate & Professional Students to delve deeper into a core skill for having more constructive conversations across charged political differences.
Based on the methodology of Resetting the Table, a nationally renowned organization dedicated to building honest and open communication, this workshop will allow participants to practice speaking about divisive political topics using effective skills. The session will be highly interactive, and we ask that participants be present for its entirety. It will be led by Beth Goodhue and Felicia Graham.
Location: This session will be held in-person only on the UCLA campus and will not be recorded. Location shared upon RSVP.
RSVP here.

Speaking Across Conflict Workshop for Students
2026-04-17 11:00 - 14:00
The Dialogue across Differences Initiative at UCLA is proud to offer an interactive opportunity for Students to delve deeper into a core skill for having more constructive conversations across charged political differences.
Based on the methodology of Resetting the Table, a nationally renowned organization dedicated to building honest and open communication, this workshop will allow participants to practice speaking about divisive political topics using effective skills. The session will be highly interactive, and we ask that participants be present for its entirety. It will be led by Felicia Graham.
Location: This session will be held in-person only on the UCLA campus and will not be recorded. Location shared upon RSVP.
RSVP here.

Speaking Across Conflict Workshop for Students
2026-05-08 12:00 - 15:00
The Dialogue across Differences Initiative at UCLA is proud to offer an interactive opportunity for Students to delve deeper into a core skill for having more constructive conversations across charged political differences.
Based on the methodology of Resetting the Table, a nationally renowned organization dedicated to building honest and open communication, this workshop will allow participants to practice speaking about divisive political topics using effective skills. The session will be highly interactive, and we ask that participants be present for its entirety. It will be led by Joshua Mayfield.
Location: This session will be held in-person only on the UCLA campus and will not be recorded. Location shared upon RSVP.
RSVP here.
