{"id":3440,"date":"2025-07-28T13:56:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T18:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/community-empowerment-institutional-inclusivity\/?page_id=3440"},"modified":"2026-03-26T11:50:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T16:50:16","slug":"renewing-our-civic-culture","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/community-empowerment-institutional-inclusivity\/resources\/renewing-our-civic-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Renewing Our Civic Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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About Renewing Our Civic Culture<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Renewing Our Civic Culture is an initiative designed to demonstrate how respectful dialogue across differing perspectives can help to bridge divides, reduce affective polarization, and foster empathy. By encouraging deeper mutual understanding and highlighting common values and concerns, this effort aims to strengthen the fabric of our civic community. In collaboration with a range of campus and community partners, 51ÁÔÆæ’s Divisions of Community Empowerment and Institutional Inclusivity (CEII) and Student Affairs (DSA) host speakers and events that enrich campus conversations and promote inclusive engagement.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“At the Table” Dialogues and Facilitation Training<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Funded by a grant from the Wisconsin Institute of Citizenship and Civil Dialogue (WICCD), At the Table<\/strong> is a pilot program intended to promote civil dialogue at 51ÁÔÆæ and build facilitation skills among students and instructors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the Spring 2026 semester, undergraduate students<\/strong> and professors<\/strong> were selected to complete dialogue facilitation training. Each student was paired with a faculty mentor, and these student\u2013mentor pairs are designing small group dialogue events to lead during April and early May. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These dialogue events are opportunities for members of the 51ÁÔÆæ community to gather over meals for meaningful conversation and respectful, open exchange.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Civil Dialogue at 51ÁÔÆæ<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Civil dialogue programming at 51ÁÔÆæ provides opportunities for students, staff and faculty to deepen understanding, refine their perspectives and build community across campus. In this video, hear from students and leaders who participated in the Spring 2025 Dinner Dialogues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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