Interview with Tafur Juliana, Director of UC Berkley’s Greater Good Science Center’s Bridging Differences Program

Interview with Tafur Juliana, Director of UC Berkley’s Greater Good Science Center’s Bridging Differences Program

Author: Clarke Forum for Contemporary Issues April 29, 2025 Duration: 18:28
Student project manager Kylie De La Cruz ’27 interviews Juliana Tafur Juliana, director of UC Berkley’s Greater Good Science Center’s Bridging Differences program. Tafur was inspired by the polarization and “othering” she witnessed during the 2016 U.S. presidential election to start the List(e)n Courageously Movement and help individuals bridge political and cultural divides. Tafur discusses tools and strategies to have meaningful “bridging” conversations, explores what it means to find commonality versus common ground, and stresses the significance of one’s positionality or “situatedness” in these discussions. Read more

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