Directions for Dialogue

REGISTER

IDP is committed to remaining financially accessible. There are no fees to register for Directions for Dialogue.

Breakfast, lunch, and dinner will be provided on Saturday. Brunch will be provided on Sunday. 

Financial Assistance

Limited funding opportunities will be available to IDP facilitators (current or former) with demonstrated need to help cover travel and lodging expenses. Funding priority will be determined based on the attendee’s needs, their role in planning, volunteering for and/or leading parts of the conference, and demonstrated commitment to IDP. 

Register by March 15 to be considered for financial assistance. Applicants will be notified of the outcome by April 1.

This conference is by invitation only.

About

Since the founding of the Intergroup Dialogue Project at Cornell in 2012, our program has expanded exponentially beyond our initial 40-person undergraduate course. Today, IDP’s work includes eight credit-bearing courses, orientation sessions for all incoming undergraduate students, college-wide initiatives to support faculty teaching, and more. A noteworthy development is a pathbreaking collaboration with ILR: the Center for Workplace Inclusion & Diversity Education (ILR WIDE), a key sponsor for this conference. While IDP’s programs have branched out in a multitude of directions, the heart of the program is still a commitment to communication across difference and critical hope, one that scrutinizes the structures of inequity we inhabit and chooses to believe in everyone’s capacity to create a more inclusive future. For this reason, as we celebrate ten years of achievement and impact, we also want to reflect collectively with our broader community (alumni, campus partners, and current students) in June 2023 for a reunion and conference, Directions for Dialogue: Ten Years IDP at Cornell.

In true dialogue fashion, our vision for this event is a collaborative effort to teach and learn from the unique experiences, perspectives, and expertise of our IDP community. Through industry-specific roundtable discussions, skill-sharing workshops, and community-building events, we will identify current DEI issues, practice dialogue-based skills and methods for approaching them, and build a network of support across industries. With ILR WIDE faculty, we will also examine the possibilities for dialogue in the workplace. Ultimately, we seek to understand: what good does dialogue enact in the world, and how can we continue imagining more inclusive ways of connecting with one another?

Directions for Dialogue: Ten Years of IDP at Cornell will convene our broader community to identify new directions for dialogic approaches to diversity, equity, and inclusion work both on campus and beyond.

Schedule

Lodging

We have reserved a block of rooms for conference attendees at Cornell’s new residence hall, Toni Morrison Hall, 18 Sisson Pl, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA.

Reserve a Room

Financial Assistance

Limited funding opportunities will be available to IDP facilitators (current or former) with demonstrated need to help cover travel and lodging expenses. Funding priority will be determined based on the attendee’s needs, their role in planning, volunteering for and/or leading parts of the conference, and demonstrated commitment to IDP. 

Register for the conference by March 15 to be considered for financial assistance. Applicants will be notified of the outcome by April 1. 

Attendees applying for financial assistance for lodging must make a reservation using the link above for Toni Morrison Hall. IDP will not provide financial assistance for lodging if the attendee chooses to stay elsewhere.

Housing Choices

Toni Morrison Hall features single and double rooms arranged in suites with shared bathrooms. Most suites are formatted with 3 singles, 1-2 doubles, a full bathroom, and a half-bathroom.

Housing rates do not include the required registration fee. Housing rates will have applicable tax added at checkout. Selecting a double room will require you to find and coordinate with a roommate. Conference & Event Services requires the roommate’s registration information 14 days before the guest’s arrival. 

Check-in Details

Check-in for on-campus housing will be conducted at the Robert Purcell Community Center service desk at 2:00 PM on your day of arrival.

No early arrivals are permitted without specific prior arrangements. The RPCC service center is open daily from 7:00 AM until 11:00 PM. If participants arrive after 11:00 PM, student staff will be on-call and the number to call is posted at building entrances.

Amenities

Residential spaces in Toni Morrison Hall will be provided the following amenities as follows:

Bed made fresh upon arrival with a mattress pad, sheets, blanket, bedspread, pillow, and pillowcase, towels (3) and face cloth (3), soap, drinking cup, make-up remover wipe, and clothes hangers. The entirety of the hall is air-conditioned and equipped with wireless internet access.

Registration Package

Registration Fee $55.00

The Registration Fee applies to all housed attendees regardless of the length of stay. Please contact conferences@cornell.edu with any questions regarding registration.

Conference & Event Services Housing License

Cornell University requires a signature on the Conference & Event Services (CES) Housing License for any attendees staying in on-campus housing.

CES On-Campus Housing Terms and Conditions highlights commonly needed information for on-campus housing guests. All housed guests must download, complete, and return the appropriate Housing Terms and Conditions form.

Guests have the following options:

1. print and return via email to CESHelp@cornell.edu
2. print and bring to check-in
3. read beforehand and sign a paper copy upon arrival

CES will not be able to distribute keys unless they have a signed copy of this form. While they appreciate guests completing this beforehand, they will have paper copies available at check-in.