Author Diane Kennedy-Jackson


UA Alumna Wins National Dialogue Award

[ua_row class=”row”][ua_col class=”col-md-3″]   Breanna Swims, right, UA alumna and recipient of a Sustained Dialogue Institute National Dialogue Award for 2016, poses with mentor and nominator Lane McLelland, director of the Crossroads Community Center at UA and a former National Dialogue Award winner, at the 3rd Annual National Dialogue Awards ceremony, which was held Nov.…


Crosssroads Interfaith Event Draws Large, Involved Crowd

[ua_row class=”row”][ua_col class=”col-md-3″] Photos by Jianlong Yang CCBP Student [envira-gallery id=”1434″] [/ua_col] [ua_col class=”col-md-6″] By Taylor Armor CCBP Graduate Assistant TUSCALOOSA– Both religious and non-religious organizations filled the Ferguson Center’s Great Hall to exchange views and answer questions about their respective beliefs at the Explore Better Together interfaith event on August 22 sponsored by Crossroads…


Heart Touch Takes Diversity Program to Holt Elementary School

By Peter Mullins and Jianlong Yang CCBP Student Assistants Photos by Jianlong Yang HOLT — Social Work graduate student Fan Yang is using her awarding-winning Heart Touch program to help elementary students understand cultures different from their own. Yang, from China, has been working for the past two years to enhance cultural competency and understanding…