What is Intergroup Dialogue?

"Building bridges between people from different social backgrounds becomes increasingly important as our society becomes more diverse and socially stratified. One way we can foster learning and understanding across differences is to bring college students together to talk and learn from each other, to find ways to communicate, and to understand why it is not always easy to get along or to identify common ground."

- Ximena U. Zúñiga, Ph.D.

Intergroup dialogue at UAB focuses on bringing students together across difference. Each semester our office aims to facilitate a dialogue focusing on one identity. Two trained peer facilitators lead a 10 week sustained dialogue with a group of no more than 20 students. It is important for all of the participants to attend all 10 sessions to create an atmosphere of trust and authentic communication.

If you would like to apply for the upcoming dialogue on race please fill out this application.

Interested in joining UAB's interfaith dialogue movement this spring?

During the Fall 2018 semester, Student Multicultural and Diversity Programs will be sponsoring a sustained dialogue program on religious identity. This will be a semester long dialogue to explore religious differences and commonalities within American culture. Each session will begin at 5:00 pm with refreshments. Here are the 10 sessions that we ask all participants to attend. Please make sure you are available at these times before submitting your application. All applications are due on September 17, 2018. If you have any questions please contact Cortney Johnson at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Interfaith Dialogue Application

Let's Talk: A Dialogue on Race

We all have a race and ethnicity and these identities affect how we experience the world. This dialogue group aims to create a space for a small number of students to discuss this aspect of themselves. In conversations such as these, emotions rise, debate ensues, and there is a fast end to conversation. To ensure an open space, with intentional conversation, the tenants of dialogue are taught to all participants and will be maintained in the space by two facilitators. We hope to cover an array of topics chosen by the students who participate.

Each session will begin at 5:30 pm with refreshments in the New Freshman Resident Hall. Here are the 10 sessions that we ask all participants to attend. Please make sure you are available at these times before submitting your application. All applications are due on September 17th, 2018 at 11:59pm. If you have any questions please contact Cortney Johnson at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

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