Is Everyone Welcome Here?

  • February 5, 2026
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Thursday, Feb. 5: DialogueDocs return to discuss religious and wisdom traditions regarding the treatment of strangers. Dr. David Derezotes and Dr. David Parker dig in with Satin Tashnizi of The Emerald Project and Stephen Morris, a clinical psychologist and founding member of UPA's Healing the Great Divide Task Force.

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DialogueDocs & The Stranger

Here in Utah, we love to say, "The World is Welcome Here." Do we mean it? With political polarization, our troubled times lead one to wonder whether our following cultural, religious and wisdom traditions when it comes to strangers. Dr. David Derezotes and Dr. David Parker — DialogueDocs — dig in with Satin Tashnizi of The Emerald Project and Stephen Morris, a clinical psychologist and founding member of UPA's Healing the Great Divide Task Force.

  • FOLLOW: DialogueDocs invites you to talk with them via their Instagram page. Please share your thoughts on how we treat strangers and how to talk about it with family and friends.

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