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Opening Up: A Conflict Transformation Podcast

Dec 2, 2024

In this episode, Sarah Stroup talks with Meg Griffiths, director of programs at Essential Partners (formerly the Public Conversations Project). Founded in 1989, Essential Partners (EP) uses a reflective structured dialogue approach to help people communicate across deep differences in identities and values in order...


Nov 21, 2024

Today, we bring you a conversation with Susan Sgorbati, Director of the Center for the Advancement of Public Action at Bennington College. In conversation with Lida Winfield, the undergraduate pillar head of the CT Collaborative and dance professor, Susan shares insights from her journey as a dance artist and educator,...



Oct 24, 2024

What does peace look like for ordinary people, and how we can create metrics of peace that reflect those things that people value? In this conversation, we bring you audio from a May 2023 talk by Peter Dixon, a member of the CT Collaborative's External Advisory Board and a Middlebury alum. 

Peter Dixon is an Associate...


Oct 16, 2024

What is safety? What is comfort? How does learning happen in an immersive, international setting? How do we foster meaningful relationships with host communities?

In this episode, we talk about those questions and more with Dr. David Wick. Wick is Associate Professor and Program Chair in International Education...