The Train-the-Trainer Dialogue Facilitator Program for Teens equips young people with the skills, confidence, and ethical grounding to lead meaningful interfaith dialogue within their schools and communities. Designed for high school–aged participants, the program blends leadership development with practical facilitation training, centering youth as active agents of bridge-building across religious, cultural, and social differences.

Through interactive workshops, teens learn the foundations of dialogue facilitation, including active listening, asking open-ended questions, navigating disagreement, and creating brave and inclusive spaces. Participants explore how identity, power, and lived experience shape conversation, and they practice responding to moments of tension, bias, or misunderstanding with empathy and accountability. Training sessions include role-plays, small-group facilitation practice, reflection exercises, and peer feedback, allowing youth to apply skills in real time.

A core component of the program is interfaith literacy and values-based engagement. Teens examine shared ethical themes across traditions such as dignity, compassion, justice, and responsibility while also learning to honor difference without erasing complexity. By the end of the program, participants are prepared to co-facilitate dialogue circles, lead workshops, and support interfaith initiatives during events like World Interfaith Harmony Week and beyond, extending the impact of dialogue into their own schools and communities.