The 2008 North Carolina Campus Compact Civic Engagement Administrator Conference, held in Concord, North Carolina on May 28, used civic reflection in its closing session on deepening civic dialogue. This year's theme was "Closer to the Goal: Going Deeper in Our Civic Engagement Efforts."

Project associate Deva Woodly facilitated a model discussion of Henri Barbusse's "The Eleventh" with about 40 North Carolina Campus Compact administrators and members. Says Woodly, "The group was particularly interested in issues of social justice and talking across difference, so they appreciated the ways that civic reflection can aid civil conversation on civic issues that are sometimes tough to talk about, such as race, class and gender. Several participants said they would be interested in being trained or having someone on their staff trained to be a civic reflection facilitator." She adds, "I really enjoyed learning about all the important work that the North Carolina Campus Compact member organizations are responsible for."

Click here for a gallery of photos from the civic reflection session.