Building Dialogue

Helping you plan and facilitate difficult dialogues

  • Justice, Peace, and Dialogue

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    Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1963 True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice. – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1958 During this last election cycle, the…

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  • How Do Patriots Speak?

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    Patriot – “One who loves his country and zealously guards its welfare.” Webster’s Concise Dictionary of the English Language, 1997 On this July 4 we look back at Resolution 108, passed by the American Bar Association, in 2011. The ABA warned then that  “political discourse continues to spiral to unprecedented levels of acrimony and venom”,…

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  • Unpacking and Analyzing

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    Earlier this month we published a new e-book, “Understanding the Facilitation Cycle.”  This is the first in a series we are calling “Facilitation Analytics,” short guides that provide practical, focused insights you and your team can use immediately. On April 8,  Sarah also presented at the Annual Conference of the American Bar Association’s Section of…

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  • Healing Wounds

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    Last month I was sitting with friends and discussing recent events at the University of Missouri. One of those present – an African American – said with sadness “it’s getting to the point where I hope there isn’t another African-American president in my life-time.  I don’t remember it ever being this bad.” Another member of…

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  • Simple Tools For Sorting and Mapping Public Input

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    Last week on a call with others who are working on “naming and framing” various issues in their communities, someone asked for recommendations on how to sort the notes of various volunteers into a summary document that would be useful. As we discussed on the call, one simple low cost approach is to set up…

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