Transform your approach to sensitive and challenging topics with our dynamic workshop, Navigating Difficult Conversations. Whether at home or in the workplace, you’ll develop essential skills to bring empathy, understanding, and curiosity to every interaction.

What You’ll Learn:
Deep Listening and Presence: Practice staying fully engaged and attentive through difficult conversations.
Self-Awareness: Understand how your own opinions, triggers, and blind spots can affect your ability to communicate with integrity and objectivity.
Authentic Exchanges: Share stories and discover tips for honest and meaningful dialogue.
Conflict-Free Communication: Learn alternative ways to invite dialogue that fosters connection without leading to conflict.

Why Join Us?
Interfaith Philadelphia’s rich history in interfaith engagement provides the foundation for this workshop. You’ll gain invaluable insights, practical wisdom, and proven practices to correct misunderstandings, heal divisions, and strengthen our shared democracy. By the end of this workshop, you’ll be equipped with tools and strategies to navigate a wide range of dialogue-based encounters effectively. This program has been offered in corporate, educational, and government settings in such industries as law, healthcare, professional organizations, and religious institutions. It can be customized for both adult and youth settings.

Facilitators: Molly Grace Hicks and Rev. Betty White

This program is presented as part of Urban Rural Action, National Days of Dialogue 2025
The National Days of Dialogue is a free opportunity for all Americans to participate in conversations that explore different perspectives and lived experiences, strengthen skills in navigating conflict, and build new relationships across differences.