University of Virginia
SD
participants and moderators at an SD
facilitated and interfaith
dialogue forum commemorating 9/11 in 2011.
"I can speak for myself as
a Muslim-American, I think this experience was
cathartic in many ways. To share my story with
someone who has maybe never encountered someone
who is Muslim felt really good."dialogue forum commemorating 9/11 in 2011.
-Maria
Malas
About UVA
Location
Charlottesville,
VA
Student Population
14,000
undergraduate
History
UVA joined the network in 2001.
In Their Own Words
Sustained Dialogue @ UVA Blog
http://sdatuva.wordpress.com/“Sustained Dialogue (SD) saved my college experience. I’ve never looked at a fellow student the same since. People about whom I held hateful prejudices have become more than their one-dimensional labels which I stuck on them. The connections I made with people in SD and the shift in my worldview that followed have caused me to act and treat people differently, which are steps that can resonate out into the wider world.”
-Grace, UVA
student moderator
Current Student Leaders
SD Chair,
Maria Malas
UVA
Alumnus Charles Gamper with students Sydney
Morgan and Maria
Malas (SD Chair) at the 2011 Student Leadership Retreat.
Malas (SD Chair) at the 2011 Student Leadership Retreat.
In the News
"We're Talking Over" The Cavalier Daily, September 21, 2011.
http://www.cavalierdaily.com/2011/09/21/we%E2%80%99re-talking-over/