UCLA is home to a wealth of resources, experts, and programs that seek to advance dialogue across differences through a range of methodological approaches and perspectives. The purpose of this digital Dialogue Resources Inventory is to gather information about UCLA’s existing dialogue capacity in one place, to increase visibility of these efforts across campus, and to support Bruins to access dialogue resources and opportunities – a one-stop-shop to explore and learn about different resources related to dialogue and bridge building on campus.
Ivan A. Lopez
PeopleSchool of Medicine Head and Neck Surgery
Jonathan P. Heldt, MD
PeopleDepartment of Psychiatry
Katrina L. DeBonis
PeopleDepartment of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences
Local Partnerships, Global Impacts: Fostering and Sustaining Transnational Solidarities (Through Community-Engaged Research Practice)
Programs or InitiativesThe last few decades have seen the rise of exclusionary nativism and authoritarianism, on the one hand, and the rise of various grassroots and more institutionalized social movements seeking to resist such forces, on the other. By fostering meaningful discussion and cooperative ties across difference (national, ethnic, racial, gendered, class, and more), this initiative aims to forge proactive solidarities that rest on a collective sense of agency and responsibility for the promotion of community well-being for all.
Maia Ferdman
PeopleMaia Ferdman is the Staff Director of the UCLA Dialogue across Difference Initiative. She provides a range of skill-building workshops and dialogue opportunities for constituencies across campus.
Margaret Shih
PeopleUCLA Anderson School of Management
Matt Gorlik
PeopleUCLA Anderson School of Management
Minh Tran
PeopleDepartment of Education
Model UN at UCLA
Student GroupsModel United Nations is an activity that seeks to simulate the proceedings of the United Nations. Through Model UN, or MUN, participants learn a lot about international politics and have a blast the same time!
Natalie Perry
PeopleDGSOM - Office of Inclusive Excellence
Dialogue Across Difference Initiative
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