Facilitation is an artform and a science. This course is designed to introduce students to foundational dialogue facilitation skills and social justice frameworks needed to effectively facilitate group interactions across and within social differences. Students will apply the skills learned by facilitating a multi-session dialogue course with either the Common Ground or the Words of Engagement Intergroup Dialogue Program (WeIDP).

Experiential learning at the Maryland General Assembly (early January through early April). Interns participate in standard office tasks, research legislative issues, and draft legislative texts such as constituent letters, notes on bills, newsletters, policy memos, and testimony. Specific assignments vary according to the host legislator's needs and the intern's schedule.