Student Facilitators

At Skidmore, IGR student facilitators lead real conversations about identity, conflict, and social justice. Through the Intergroup Relations Program, you build practical skills to guide dialogue, understand difference, and create meaningful change — on campus and beyond.

Practical Application: The IGR Capstone

A hallmark of the Skidmore IGR Program is the capstone facilitation immersion. Our minors have the opportunity to guide their peers through a structured semester-long dialogue experience. Working closely with IGR faculty members, advanced students use the skills they have developed to lead our two-credit IG 201 Peer-to-Peer Dialogues Across Difference. While dialogue participants engage with one another to gain knowledge and insight about identity, power, systems of oppression, and the pursuit of social justice, the co-facilitators sharpen their skills and expand their own knowledge base. The IGR capstone is a reciprocal experience that highlights the significance and applicability of employing dialogue as a tool for social justice. 

As semester-long social justice dialogue co-facilitators, intergroup relations minors: 

• strengthen their understanding of inter/intra-group relations; 
• develop lesson plans, materials, and activities to inspire participant engagement;
• explore the theory and practice of group observation, navigating conflict, inter/intra-group communication, and community-building;
• engage with co-facilitators and cohort members to foster strong working relationships and systems of support (within and across identity groups);
• continue to study relevant theoretical, historical, and contemporary content; and
• gain increased self-awareness as they embrace their personal and professional growth and development.