May 16, 2012

Becoming a Dialogue Movement: What Can Dialogue Learn from Other Movements?

Frances Sleap *

Local intercultural dialogue efforts may have a real impact on the quality of the relationships of those involved. But how can dialogue have a larger-scale, more pervasive effect on our society? In a 2010 Dialogue Society discussion, Revd Donald Reeves suggested that dialogue needs to become a movement. Dr Nicola Montagna of Middlesex University, and environmental author and activist Danny Chivers joined Dialogue Society Executive Director Ozcan Keles to discuss what the ‘Dialogue Movement’ can learn from other movements.

Two writers and hundreds of stories at Bosnian book event

Onur Kaya

"Two Writers and Hundreds of Stories,” an event co-hosted by the Houston Bosnian Community and the Houston-based Gülen Institute this week, proved to be a memorable event that brought together survivors and confronted the painful memories of the Bosnian war.

Members of the Houston Bosnian community and the Houston-based Gülen Institute
co-hosted an event in Austin titled “Two Writers and Hundreds of Stories” last week to recall memories of the Bosnian War, in which more than 100,000 people died.
(Photo: Today's Zaman)