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Day of Dialogue

By Adam Sings In The Timber

MISSOULA, Mont.--The University of Montana held a "Day of Dialogue" about diversity on and beyond the campus.

The Nov. 8 event was designed for the campus community "to spend a day talking about issues, ideas, how to celebrate progress and where we need to go," said Emily Yaksitch, a University Center program adviser who was on the Day of Dialogue planning committee.

Students designed a "graffiti-esque" mural, so people could "come by and write their thoughts about diversity or a quote or who they think about and add to it," said Gwen Landquist, the University Center marketing coordinator.

The mural "will be a permanent fixture in the building ... just basically a visual reminder that ... (will) hopefully get people to think maybe on a more daily basis about diversity and what they can do to be more of an advocate for it," Landquist said.

Adam Sings In The Timber, Crow, is a senior majoring in photojournalism at the University of Montana in Missoula. A graduate of the Freedom Forum's American Indian Journalism Institute, Sings In The Timber has had photo internships at The Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk, Va., and the Billings Gazette and Great Falls Tribune in Montana. In October 2007, he attended the Eddie Adams Workshop, an intense four-day gathering of top photojournalism professionals in New York City and won a scholarship as the top student.

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