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Welcome to Generous Listening and Dialogue Initiative
Generous listening is about building connections—with our selves, with each other, and with nature—by listening with empathy, humility, curiosity, and generosity. By listening generously, we can attune to our thoughts and emotions, to those of others, and to our environment in ways that facilitate meaningful dialogue, seek understanding, foster true connection, and bridge divides. Generous listening and dialogue are means to recognize and celebrate both our common, shared humanity and our unique, individual identities.
GLADI works across Tufts campuses and through global researcher-practitioner partnerships to describe, explain, and optimize generous listening and dialogue for character and community development. Our programs and research aim to advance a theory-predicated and evidence-based field of generous listening and dialogue, while supporting students, staff, and faculty with the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviors that promote human flourishing.
