Our DIAL Peer Educators facilitate workshops in pairs, using a co-facilitation model. Their training is rooted in Intergroup Dialogue (IGD) from a foundation in Indigenous and settler colonial framework. Our Peer Educators gain leadership experience, career development, opportunities for creativity, develop cultural competency, multipartial facilitation, and other build social justice facilitation skills that respond to the needs of diverse audiences. These social justice facilitation skills can include, but not limited to: managing group dynamics, communication and empathy, global listening, probing question techniques, de-escalation methods and conflict-resolution techniques, etc.
PEER EDUCATORS
De’Neen Smith
(She/Her)
Major: Theatre Performance
I joined DIAL to find ways to teach people about critical race theory and gain a different perspective on race in the United States. As this new generation is shifting and challenging the world around them, we need to create more spaces for their voices and perspectives. I think programs like DIAL are important at institutions of higher education, like CSU, that bring critical conversation, perspective, and engagement to students from different background and experiences.
Tory Ramos
(They/Them)
Major: Psychology
I joined DIAL because I’ve always been passionate about social justice and DEI since I was a young teen. I’ve been trying to continuously educate myself and those around me about the ins and outs of social justice and DEI throughout all parts of my life and when I saw that DIAL was essentially doing just that I had to apply, and now I’m here and I can’t wait to facilitate workshops!
Jay Bates Domenech
(They/Them)
Major: Sociology
I’m originally from Cache Valley, Utah, and growing up queer there made me passionate about diversity, equity, and inclusion. I’m excited to work with DIAL and lead workshops because, as cliché as it sounds, I believe that education about diversity and inclusion are the stepping stones to a world that is more accepting. I’m a first-year here at CSU, and I love to crochet, watch TV, and write.
Madeleine Estelle Kamberg
(She/Her)
Major: Social Work
Minor: Political Science
I joined DIAL because my life’s work is to leave this world a little better than when I arrived. It is my observation that the oppressive forces in this world are self-aware and self-protecting. So it’s my prerogative to do whatever I can to help individuals in their fights against oppression, as well as work to reform/dismantle those systems. This requires culture shifts, and that all starts with dialogue and meeting people where they are at.
