OUR PURPOSE FOR DIALOGUE
To empower the UF community to act through emboldened conversation where diversity
and power is not only recognized, but also promoted to legitimize students’ identities and experiences.
WHAT IS DIALOGUE?
Dialogue is an opportunity to connect with others along lines of difference. In dialogue we practice awareness
and empathy by listening deeply to each other’s stories. Dialogue seeks to break out of like-minded
clusters to reveal human commonalities. The process challenges us to be open to being changed and then
take action. This is what we mean when we say dialogue is more than just talk.
Dialogue on Socioeconomic Status & Our Experience at UF
Wednesdays, 5:00-6:30pm
TOPIC: Participants will explore their varied experiences with socioeconomic status (often referred to as “class”) and how it has impacted their experience as students at UF as it intersects with race, gender and more! IN other words, how are issues of socioeconomic “class” playing out in our experiences as students at the personal, interpersonal, institutional and cultural levels? How does this affect our sense of belonging?
DATES: February 2nd – March 2nd
Dialogue on Academic Competition on Mental & Emotional Health:
Thursdays, 4:30-6:00pm
TOPIC: Participants will explore questions such as, do we treat colleges like labels that tell us about the value of those who attend? Does educational elitism foster an atmosphere of competition on campuses and during the college application process? how does that competition then impact students’ mental and emotional health? How have your experiences around this at UF impacted your college experience?
DATES: February 3rd – March 3rd
Past Topics Include: Dialogue on Our American Identity and Dialogue on Imposter Syndrome & Sense of Belonging at UF.
Do you have ideas for future topics? Send them to a.wittebort@ufl.edu.
Do you want to become part of the movement?
Join the leadership team or request our team to facilitate a dialogue for your group and more!
Please fill out this form and reach out to Manda directly.
Ground Rules: AKA ‘agreements’ or ‘guidelines,’ are
guidelines for discussion that participants agree to try to
abide by during a dialogic or deliberative process.
Brave Space: Spaces wherein students, teachers, and citizens
can come together to have hard conversations and
hear each other out- especially when that is challenging.
Social Identity: Our identities within the context of the
different social groups that we belong to such as ethnicity,
race, sexual orientation, gender, class, occupation,
disability status, religion, and nationality.
Experiential Learning: Learning through reflection or
direct experience.
CITATIONS
Brave Space. AllSides. (n.d.). https://www.allsides.com/dictionary/brave-space.
NCDD Glossary. NCDD Resource Center. (2014, September 6). https://ncdd.org/rc/glossary/