Duration: 3-part Series, 90 minutes each.
- Session 1: 05/05/2026, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM EDT
- Session 2: 05/12/2026, 1:00 AM - 2:30 PM EDT
- Session 3: 05/19/2026, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM EDT
About the workshop:
The United States stands at a pivotal moment. We’re living through a time of deepening political divides, strained relationships, and fraying trust in democratic systems. But amid these challenges lies an opportunity — to choose connection over conflict, curiosity over contempt, and courage over fear. Facilitators — in workplaces, communities, classrooms, congregations, and beyond — have a unique power to guide people through difficult conversations, toward shared understanding, and into collective action.
Join us for a highly engaging, experiential training series designed to equip facilitators to lead groups wherever they are with practical and proven methods that promote resilience and peace.
Learning Objectives
In this session, participants will:
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Discover how neuroscience and bias influence facilitation
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Determine how to get grounded and centered to lead with clarity
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Practice deliberative facilitation methods through a hands-on Citizens' Assembly simulation
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Learn and practice a Facilitated Dialogue Approach rooted in mediation to help groups listen deeply, find common ground and move forward together
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Develop an action plan to apply peacebuilding skills to your work
NOTE: This series will be recorded for distribution to all who register (breakout rooms will not be recorded).
This is a 90-minute online workshop series. All 3 sessions will be held from 1:00pm - 2:30pm EDT.
Speakers:
Susan Levin is the founder and president of Dialogue for Solutions, a global consulting firm dedicated to amplifying individual and organizational strengths to create lasting, impactful results. As a certified PCC coach and certified mediator, she has worked in more than 40 countries providing facilitation, strategic planning, teambuilding, leadership development and change management services. Some of her clients include Daimler/Mercedes-Benz, , U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, the United Nations, National Institutes of Health, Women in Aerospace and the former U.S. Agency for International Development. Susan is an instructor at Columbia University in the Negotiation and Conflict Resolution graduate program, and holds a master’s degree in International Affairs from The George Washington University.
Danielle M. Reiff is a peacebuilder, writer, and editor of the upcoming book “Overcoming Information Chaos: A Guide to Building Peaceful Communities in the Digital Age.” Before retiring from the U.S. diplomatic corps, she specialized in supporting democratic transitions and peace processes around the world. She is the founder of the non-partisan Peacebuilders initiative to promote empathy, dialogue, consultation, and other forms of nonviolence as essential for advancing peaceful social change. Danielle earned a graduate degree in International Relations and Peace as a member of the first ever cadre of Rotary Peace Fellows. She was a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer in Burkina Faso (West Africa) from 1998-2000.
