SD Campus Network SDCN: IISD Timeline

IISD Timeline

Timeline of Events in the History of IISD

1960: The Dartmouth Conference, the longest continuous dialogue between Soviets and Americans, commences. Soon after leaving government in the early 1980s, Dr. Harold Saunders becomes involved in the Dartmouth Conference as a co-chair. It holds dialogue until 1990.

1982: Dr. Saunders becomes co-chair of the Regional Conflict Task Force, an off-shoot of the Dartmouth Conference.

1992: The Inter-Tajik Dialogue commences, under the auspices of the Regional Confects Task Force.

1993: Dr. Harold Saunders documents Sustained Dialogue, a 5-stage process.

1995: The Kettering Foundation introduces SD to the United States.

1999: Dr. Saunders publishes A Public Peace Process: Sustained Dialogue to Transform Racial and Ethnic Conflicts. Princeton University students initiate Sustained Dialogue to improve campus race relations. SD spreads to other college and high school campuses in subsequent years.

2002: Dr. Saunders founds the International Institute for Sustained Dialogue (IISD) in Washington DC. Having spread to the University of Virginia in 2001 and to Dickinson College in 2002, the Sustained Dialogue Campus Project, subsequently renamed the Sustained Dialogue Campus Network (SDCN), is established under IISD.

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Morgan Mirth
Moderator

School: Dickinson
Year: 2007
Major: Neuroscience, with a Pre-Health focus

"Sustained Dialogue has challenged me to step out of the boundaries set by my own surface assumptions about other people. I have become comfortable talking about issues of race, gender, religion, and the relationships that are encompassed by these issues. Without Sustained Dialogue it would have taken me many more years to arrive where I am today. It has been an amazing experience, and has only fueled my determination in creating an environment where issues can be discussed at the dinner table rather than swept under the rug."