Dialoguing Across Difference

Brockport encourages students to communicate with their peers on societal issues. Deliberative Dialogues are a tool for this that feature a specific discussion and deliberation format based around Issue Guides developed by the National Issues Forums Institute (NIFI). Deliberation, in contrast to debates, serve communities better by building connections and sharing personal experiences around wickedly complex problems

It’s not about reaching agreement or seeing eye-to-eye. It’s about looking at the costs and consequences of possible solutions to daunting problems, and finding out what we, as a people, will or will not accept as a solution.

National Issues Forum, “What is Deliberation?”

Deliberative Dialogues at SUNY Brockport

Each Deliberative Dialogue includes time to decide on ground rules as a group, share our personal stake in the issues at hand, deliberate as a group on three separate approaches to addressing the problem raised, and reflect on new perspectives learned during the deliberations.

Below, please find a list of upcoming Deliberative Dialogue sessions. Each session features a different topic designed to promote attendee growth and perspective.

No events are currently scheduled.

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