Between the fall of 2020 and summer of 2021, Universal Human Rights Initiative (UHRI) offered two free series of intergroup dialogues as a form of community building during unprecedented times - the advent of both a worldwide health pandemic and a national reckoning of US racial oppression. This was situated in a time of extreme political polarization that left everyday conversations about these issues severely fraught.
Intergroup dialogue offered an antidote for some to join together during these timesand create spaces that set aside debate and academic discussion, instead creatingintentional spaces grounded in inclusion, listening, and validation of each others’experiences and perspectives.