Voices of Discovery is DU's diversity dialogue program, bringing together small groups of students from varied backgrounds to share their life and campus experiences related to diversity. The five-week program provides educational and involvement opportunities for student participants, graduate student facilitators and faculty/instructor and program coordinator collaborations.

2012-13 marks Voices' 11th year at DU, as a theory-based, co-curricular program providing student participants the opportunity to engage in facilitated reflection and dialogue about our identities and experiences. The small, diverse groups (no more than 20 participants) engage in face-to-face dialogue around a particular set of group identities (e.g., gender, race/ethnicity) and/or diversity-related topics (worldview, social systems, perceptions in the media, etc). The program consists of five weekly sessions (two hours per week) held during the middle of the winter quarter, led by a pair of trained graduate student facilitators.

Fall 2012 timeline:

• by 17 September: Group schedule and Participant Application available online
• 20 September, 8am: applications due
• beginning 20 September afternoon - applicants notified of acceptance and group assignments via email
• week of 24 September - dialogue groups begin weekly meetings
• week of 22 October - last dialogue group weekly meetings (NOTE: Presidential Debate may impact 2nd week of dialogues, pushing back completion of final session to week of October 29th)

For more information, please select an involvement/information link: Participate | Facilitate | Connect your course/program | Program history and research

We are working on expanding the program to other quarters, and to add groups focused on particular identity intersections (intergroup and intragroup dialogues).

CME co/sponsors other campus dialogue events, including one-time discussions, each quarter. See the CME calendar for upcoming opportunities, or contact us to suggest topics, explore co-sponsorships, etc.