2006
DOI: 10.1093/sw/51.4.303
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Using Intergroup Dialogue to Promote Social Justice and Change

Abstract: Intergroup dialogue is a public process designed to involve individuals and groups in an exploration of societal issues such as politics, racism, religion, and culture that are often flashpoints for polarization and social conflict. This article examines intergroup dialogue as a bridging mechanism through which social workers in clinical, other direct practice, organizer, activist, and other roles across the micro-macro practice spectrum can engage with people in conflict to advance advocacy, justice, and soci… Show more

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“…A common school practice is facilitating conversations about race. Having structured and facilitated discussions on race, ethnicity, and racial oppression have been found to promote positive attitude change (Dessel et al 2006). These programs often teach about the negative implications that stereotypes and prejudices have on building relationships across racial difference.…”
Section: Preparation For Biasmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A common school practice is facilitating conversations about race. Having structured and facilitated discussions on race, ethnicity, and racial oppression have been found to promote positive attitude change (Dessel et al 2006). These programs often teach about the negative implications that stereotypes and prejudices have on building relationships across racial difference.…”
Section: Preparation For Biasmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Research indicates that participation in such experiences can result, in the short-term, in changes to individual attitudes and cross-group relationships (Dessel, Rogge, and Garlington 2006;Rozas 2007;Vasques Scalera 1999). However, absent from this scholarship is evidence that intercultural dialogue contributes in any way to eliminating, or even mitigating, systemic inequities (DeTurk 2006).…”
Section: Socio-political Contextmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Some authors indicate that participation in intercultural education can result, mostly in the short-term, in changes to individual attitudes and cross-group relationships (Dessel, Rogge, and Garlington 2006;Rozas 2007;Vasques Scalera 1999). While there are studies (Halualani, 2008) that reflect how culturally different students define, make sense of, and experience intercultural interaction at a multicultural university in the US, they are not centered on intercultural competencies.…”
Section: Intercultural Education Intercultural Competences and Intermentioning
confidence: 99%