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My passion for dialogue was forged from growing up in racially riven Detroit during the 1970's. I started facilitating as a graduate student working on an race relations course, and there after began to use dialogue as I consulted to organizations about cultural competency. After finishing my dissertation at UC Berkeley, I began working for the Clinton White House as a specialist in dialogue and evaluation for the Presidents Initiative on Race. Since 1999, I have been a consultant specializing in collaboration, dialogue, diversity.
Much of my work has been focused on large scale dialogues (200-4,000 people); my skills in designing and facilitating such meetings emerge out of my several year blessed assocation with AmericaSpeaks, though I sometimes organize large scale dialogue events under my own auspices, The DWC Group. Because I often speak out in the media on diversity and racial issues, I am sometimes known as The RaceDoctor. My latest triumph is the release of my book, The Little Book of Dialogue for Difficult Subjects.
The DWC Group is a collaborative of consultants who specialize in harnessing the power of dialogue to build smarter organizations and more inclusive communities. Our work spans the gamut from strategic planning, to training and facilitation, to evaluation (plan it, do it, reflect on it). Areas of practice include: 1) collaborative decision making, 2) diversity and cultural competence, 3) using history and culture for civic engagement, and 4) leadership development.
