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Humanization |
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Humanization Strategies |
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 | Robert Stains recommends holding a social event before the formal commencement of a dialogue group. |
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| Sarah Cobb explores circular questions and appreciative inquiry as non-threatening methods to enrich people's narratives. |
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| Tamra d'Estrée explains how she finds the personal healing that occurs in some dialogues to be particularly inspiring. |
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| Wallace Warfield discusses how much personal information the mediator should share with the disputants. |
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| Mohammed Abu-Nimer sees interfaith dialogue as a sure way to break down stereotypes, establish relationships, and humanize "the other" in intractable conflicts between people of differing faiths. |
Case Examples |
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| This is a short description of the Congressional Retreat designed and facilitated by Mark Gerzon (with lots of assistants!). |
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| Mark Gerzon talks about the empathy and humanization that emerged during the Congressional civility retreats. |
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| Robert Stains talks about the dialogue groups he facilitated with the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts. |
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| Mark Gerzon, organizer of the Congressional civility retreats, talks about the dialogue that took place during a retreat for Representatives of the U.S. Congress. He suggests that the recognition of shared pain allowed parties to see one another as real human beings |
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| Ron Fisher, of American University, talks about the need to rebuild relationships in Cyprus to bring about reconciliation. |
