We have launched an initiative, a series of podcasts and interviews with experts - “ABOUT dialogue. How to talk about difficult topics safely”

The initiative consists of a media series on how to safely talk about difficult things without losing trust and connections in communities. This is not another infomercial, but a space for practice: briefly, to the point, with tools that work "in the field". The team led by Inna Tereshchenko, an expert of the Community of Dialogue Practitioners of Ukraine, together with other members of the Community Lisa Koval and Oleg Ovcharenko, created a series of podcasts and a series of interviews with other experts, where they will talk about the Dialogue in detail and without taboos. And now we are ready to present you interesting and meaningful stories.

What is this initiative about? We promote a culture of dialogue as a competence for renewal: facilitated conversations instead of mutual suspicion, conflict sensitivity instead of "we'll force it," trust as a resource for solutions. The project simultaneously strengthens the professional community of practitioners and opens its work to the outside world — to civil society, education, media, and partners.

So, what will be in the first playlist:

— Podcast #1: “Society is built on trust: how to hear in times of crisis, why Ukrainians need facilitated dialogue.”

— Podcast #2: "Social Cohesion: How Dialogue Restores and Maintains Connections and Unity."

In the second playlist, we have prepared for you an interesting series of interviews "On Dialogues Without Taboos". These are live conversations with those dialogue specialists who carry complex processes on their shoulders every day - without unnecessary names and protocols, but with examples, mistakes and solutions, covering the interview, from working with the memory of families before 2014, searching for and meaning in security in communities and others from the experience of dialogues since 2014. Who is it for? For those who work with people and change: community leaders, educators, psychologists, mediators, journalists, veterans' communities, local authorities, student youth - everyone who needs a practical framework to speak safely and act responsibly.

How to join. Subscribe to our channel and don’t miss new video premieres:

https://www.youtube.com/@dialoguepractitionerscommunity/videos

Set reminders for premieres, share topics that are important to your community — we'll bring them to the air. Let's work on what unites us: hearing, negotiating, staying in touch.

The project was supported by the Robert Bosch Stiftung with the participation of the Ukrainian Dialogue Community of Practitioners.