Resources Supporting Compassionate and Supportive Dialogue
Resources from the Ohio State University
The Ohio State University has been a national leader on these issues, in their DEI work, in the Dispute Resolution program and The Divided Community project at the Moritz law school.
- Recommendations for Planning a Respectful Dialogue
- Guidelines for Respectful Dialogue
- Difficult Campus Conversations
- Strategies for Building Dialogue across Difference
- A checklist for contentious meetings
- Conversations with Students Whose Political Views Differ: A Few Ideas
- Civil Discourse for Citizenship, Center for Ethics and Human Values
- Fostering Compassionate Dialogue on Campus, an Initiative of the Divided Community Project and The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, including
- LEADING A DIVIDED CAMPUS: Ideas and Illustrations, and
- Navigating Conflicts: A Guide for Campus Leaders and Public Safety Personnel
- “Becoming Weavers in a Divided Nation,” video with David Brooks
Additional Resources
- How Do I Choose Between Dialogue, Debate and Discussion to Explore Challenging Topics?, University of Massachusetts Center for Teaching and Learning
- A Brief Guide to Facilitating Difficult Conversations about Israel/Palestine, from the Alliance for Middle East Peace.
- Campus free speech guidelines (especially regarding Gaza protests)
- A Campus Guide to Identifying Antisemitism in a Time of Perplexity
Books, Including
- David Brooks, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen (2023).
- Monica Guzman, I Never Thought of It That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times (2022).
- Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, and Sheila Heen, Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most (Penguin, Third Edition, 2023).