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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 Billings Gazette and Great Falls Tribune newspapers in Montana. In October, 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. This summer, he will intern at The Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk, Va.

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