Dialogue

Melinda Burrell is a democracy and peacebuilding specialist who has spent 25 years living and working in conflict zones. She now speaks and trains on the neuroscience of communication and conflict, and is a syndicated writer for PeaceVoice.

There’s a familiar rule at most family gatherings: Don’t talk about religion or politics.
But for the past 10 years, the Dialogue & Difference class and project at George Mason University have been turning that rule on its head.

Susan Allen is a scholar-practitioner of conflict resolution. Her main focus is on reflective practice and research that emerges from practice contexts.