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The Community, Democracy and Dialogue (CDD) working group is accepting proposals through Sept. 27 from faculty, staff and students for projects that promote diverse discourse and open dialogue on critical global and domestic social issues.

Leaders of the nonprofit group Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom discussed their efforts to foster trust, respect and relationships among Muslim and Jewish women in pursuit of peace on April 16 during the university’s latest event held under UMass Amherst’s Community, Democracy and Dialogue (CDD) initiative.

Jolly, assistant professor of American studies and Black studies at Amherst College, will deliver a keynote presentation to launch the University Without Walls Interdisciplinary Studies’ 2024 Social Justice Residency on Friday, April 26, from 7-8:30 p.m. at the UMass Amherst Center at Springfield.

Students, faculty and staff are encouraged to attend the free event organized by UMass Amherst’s Community, Democracy and Dialogue advisory working group at 11 a.m. in the Student Union Ballroom.

On March 27, the Office of Equity and Inclusion sent an email to the campus community announcing the disbursement of $75,000 in grants by the university’s Community, Democracy, and Dialogue initiative.

More than 300 people attended the university’s March 6 inaugural event under the Community, Democracy and Dialogue (CDD) initiative, where representatives from the globally recognized Jewish-Arab grassroots organization Standing Together presented on their work in Israel and engaged in a discussion with the audience in the Student Union Ballroom.

As part of UMass Amherst’s Community, Democracy and Dialogue (CDD) initiative, representatives from the grassroots organization Standing Together will visit campus on Wednesday, March 6 to present on their work in Israel.

On Jan. 26, Nefertiti A. Walker, vice chancellor for equity and inclusion, sent an update on CDD Initiatives on the UMass Amherst campus to the university community.

On Dec. 15, Chancellor Javier Reyes emailed the campus community looking ahead toward the Spring 2024 semester, in which he discussed convening an advisory working group on the campus climate, named Community, Democracy, and Dialogue (CDD) to begin looking at how our community can engage and respond to complex issues in meaningful, respectful, and productive ways.