Intergroup dialogue represents a grassroots effort to meet one of the major challenges facing our democracy
today: the lack of communication among diverse groups of people in schools, in communities, and in the workplace.
By forging lines of communication among different elements of society, intergroup dialogue helps to create a more
just, harmonious, and strong democracy.
Intergroup Dialogue is the most comprehensive study of intergroup dialogue to date, showcasing twelve in-depth
case studies, offering critical perspectives, and exploring the foundation of such dialogue in democratic theory.
The case studies are drawn from leading American organizations offering intergroup dialogue, including the Anti-Defamation
League and the National Conference for Community and Justice, as well as several major universities and consultants
to corporate America. Each case study presents a particular program's rationale, its details, an account of its
successes, and evaluation data.
The pieces collected by David Schoem and Sylvia Hurtado will be of interest to community leaders, teachers, human
resources managers, student affairs deans, and intergroup dialogue practitioners in the United States and abroad.