Thank you for your interest in volunteering for the annual Peninsula Diversity Dialogue Day, scheduled for Thursday, December 11, 2025! Held in Virginia since 2010, this program is designed to bring high school students together from across a geographic area to discuss ways to make their schools more inclusive. Reports from previous programs can be found here.

Thanks to support from Dominion Energy, this program is offered for free to local schools! While at DDD, groups of 25-35 high school students experience workshops facilitated by co-facilitator teams made up of community facilitator-volunteers. Facilitators come from a variety of backgrounds and professions, all with a shared interest in working with young people to promote inclusion and respect.

As a volunteer, you will be asked to commit to co-leading a small group of students through their sessions on December 11, 2025 from 7:30 AM – 2:00 PM at Christopher Newport University.  Facilitators are also required to attend a mandatory Facilitator Training on Thursday, December 4 from 6:00-8:30 PM, also held at Christopher Newport University. Training will be discussion-based and participatory. An optional dinner will be provided starting at 5:30 PM that evening, and training will start promptly at 6:00 PM.

Please complete the application by October 31. If you are selected, you will receive an email with directions to our training site for December 4th.

If you have any questions, please contact VCIC’s Director of Hampton Roads Programs, Meagan Starks, at [email protected].

We look forward to the chance to work with you!

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Accessibility

The Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities strives to make the Peninsula DDD as accessible and inclusive as possible while acknowledging the existence of external barriers that may prevent 100% accessibility. VCIC leans into our core values of integrity and openness as we work to provide the most accessible experience for all, while welcoming feedback about what we can do better.

Upon request made at least four (4) weeks before the event, VCIC commits to: 

•  Provide venue layout information including nearest parking and accessible entrances.
• Support any needs related to participants’ ASL interpretors or need for large print handouts.
• Offer a meal accommodating dietary restrictions.