Through interactive sessions, hands-on workshops, and peer-led exchanges, participants will:

• Build strategies for institutional leadership and resource alignment to sustain dialogue programs and initiatives.
• Deepen facilitation and practitioner skills with a focus on trauma-informed practice and facilitator well-being.
• Explore concrete tools and techniques for integrating dialogue into classrooms, curricula, and departments..
• Collaboratively generate new ideas during an "Unconference" session designed for co-creation and shared learning.
• Co-create new directions for dialogue work across the University System of Maryland.
• Foster new directions for dialogue work that connects campuses and communities across the region.

Together, we'll highlight best practices and strengthen our shared capacity to cultivate dialogue-rich, inclusive campus communities across Maryland.

Whether you are an administrator advancing campus-wide initiatives, a faculty or staff member integrating dialogue into your teaching and engagement, or a practitioner facilitating conversations on the ground, this symposium provides an opportunity to connect, reflect, and build together.

We invite you to join us at the symposium—please see below for the registration fee categories and eligibility criteria.

• General Attendance: $25.00
  • For individuals affiliated with partner organizations, collaborating institutions, or programs formally connected to the event or host organization.
• Sponsor Free Ticket: $25.00
  • Reserved for representatives interested in sponsoring a colleague's attendance. 
• Students (undergraduate/graduate): Free
  • Available to currently enrolled students at any accredited institution.

To ensure the symposium remains accessible, fee waivers are available for participants who do not have access to institutional funding or have other financial constraints. Please check the relevant box in the registration form or email Chloe Kastner (ml82770@umbc.edu).