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SANDY HEIERBACHER
Dialogue and Deliberation
All great changes begin in conversation.
—Juanita Brown
Annual Diversity Celebrations
Waterloo, Iowa, a city with a predominantly white population, experienced an influx of Hispanics, Bosnians, and other immigrants in the late 1990s, creating tensions over housing, jobs, social services, and health care. The City of Waterloo Commission on Human Rights, in partnership with the Cedar Valley Diversity Appreciation Team, responded by organizing community-wide “study circles”—multiple small-group dialogues held in different places throughout the community that culminate in collective action based on common ...
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