Facilitation Course

Learn the art of interfaith engagement.

Over a series of six sessions, gain the skills and knowledge to lead a photovoice project designed to empower a diverse group of people cultivate understanding, empathy, and a shared purpose.

Cameras for the Common Good: Basic Photovoice Facilitation Course Details

SUMMER 2026 COHORT

Who: Interfaith leaders interested in facilitating photovoice projects for their own communities or organizations without charging a fee for their services.

What: Learn to facilitate photovoice for interfaith engagement and become part of a community of practice as you complete your first project.

Where: Online via Zoom and Miro.

When: Six Tuesdays and Thursdays at 11:00 am – 1:00 pm EST, August 11 – 27, 2026.

Cost: $1200/person. We’re persuaded that using photovoice for interfaith understanding should be a team effort, so we’re offering a discount to people from the same community/organization who register together: $950/person for two or more people from the same community/organization. We can offer discounts to individuals in small organizations with limited budgets. Ask what we can do.

Chaplain Discount: $950/person or $750/person for two or more chaplains on the same team.

Instructor: Roman Williams, PhD, founder of Interfaith Photovoice.

Objectives

  1. Build the capacity to facilitate interfaith dialogue through photovoice and engage community stakeholders through visual storytelling.

  2. Become familiar with photovoice, its origins and related concepts, and how it can be used in interfaith dialogue.

  3. Develop an understanding of ethical issues related to photovoice and strategies for preventing ethical dilemmas.

  4. Learn the basics of smartphone photography.

  5. Acquire experiential knowledge of an Interfaith Photovoice project.

  6. Understand how to plan, prepare, and lead a photovoice project.

Course Schedule

Meeting 1 | Course Introduction

Meeting 2 | The Golden Rule & Photography

Meeting 3 | Religion & Belief in Everyday Life

Meeting 4 | Bridges and Barriers to Belonging

Meeting 5 | Envisioning Change

Meeting 6 | From Snapshot to Social Engagement