Sustained Dialogue Campus Network : Articles

SDCN to Hold Third Annual Student Leadership Retreat

Sun, 23 May 2010 00:00:00 CDT

The Sustained Dialogue Campus Network (SDCN) will host its 3rd annual Student Leadership Retreat in Washington DC August 6 – 8, 2010. Over two-dozen student leaders from 15 campuses with Sustained Dialogue programs across the country will attend.

Students attending the retreat will work with one another and the SDCN Program Directors to strengthen Sustained Dialogue chapters and to more effectively address identity-based tension on campus. Throughout the...

SDCN Summit Celebrates 10 Years of SD

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:00:00 CDT

The Sustained Dialogue Campus Network (SDCN) celebrated 10 years of Sustained Dialogue on campuses at its 7th Annual National Summit at Princeton University March 26-28th.

The Summit was sponsored by Princeton’s Office of the Vice President for Campus Life, the Princeton Class of 1952, and the Princeton Sustained Dialogue...

Susquehanna University Brings Dialogue To Campus

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 CST

Seven student representatives from Susquehanna University’s leadership team attended the Sustained Dialogue Campus Network’s (SDCN) seventh annual national summit March 26-28 in Princeton, N.J.

Susquehanna University recently joined SDCN, a collective of students from more than a dozen U.S. colleges...

SDCN Receives $10,000 Matching Grant

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:00:00 CST

SDCN is excited to announce the receipt of a $10,000 matching grant from the Foundation for Global Community. The grant is a supplement to a $50,000 anchor grant that will support SDCN’s continued growth and expansion as it works to train, mentor, and connect student leaders who initiate and sustain dialogues to build cohesive, engaged, and diverse campus communities across the country.

“The funds from both grants will help support...

35 Student Moderators Trained in SD in Ethiopia

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 CST

The Peace Club at Addis Ababa University, a student extra-curricular organization formed after 2005 national elections in Ethiopia, explored how to improve relations among students and to create a shared community of inclusion and peace building on campus. Rhonda Fitzgerald, current SDCN Program Director, had the...

New Executive Director featured in hometown paper

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 CST

SDCN's first Executive Director credits race relations in hometown as inspiration for her career.

View the article: "Race relations still important for Shaker Heights High school alum."

SDCN Hires First Executive Director

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 CDT

The International Institute for Sustained Dialogue (IISD) announced today that on September 21, Amy Lazarus joined its team as the first Executive Director of the Sustained Dialogue Campus Network (SDCN), an initiative supporting Sustained Dialogue programs on 15 campuses across the country. Amy brings over 10 years of experience working with individuals...

University of Georgia becomes 14th Campus to join SDCN

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:00:00 CST

11 students bring Sustained Dialogue, an extra-curricular designed to bring students to the table to discuss and resolve tough community issues, to UGa's campus

SDCN Launches New Website & Networking Site With Grant from FGC

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:00:00 CST

With a grant from the Foundation for Global Community, SDCN is pleased to launch their new, updated website found at http://www.sdcampusnetwork.org/.

The Foundation for Global Community, based in Palo Alto, CA, envisions a world marked by global cooperation functioning for the benefit of all, based on the understanding that all of life is interconnected, interdependent and...

SDCN Meets with Coordinator of Zimbabwean Campus Sustained Dialogue Network

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 CDT

Kirstin Rothrock, the coordinator of the Campus Sustained Dialogue Network, located on three Zimbabwean campuses, recently visited the Sustained Dialogue Campus Network’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. to share her experiences with the current program directors of the American program.

Rothrock works with the Centre for Conflict Management and Transformation (CCMT), an NGO based in Harare that primarily works at the grassroots level, building local...