In 2003, Teddy Nemeroff, the founder of Sustained Dialogue at Princeton University and the Sustained Dialogue Campus Network, began work with the Institute for Democracy in Africa (Idasa). The goal was to integrate dialogue into Idasa’s work to address challenges related to economic development, reconciliation, race relations, and violence prevention in South Africa and Zimbabwe. One successful dialogue project sought to transform a deep community conflict at the Greentree Interchange, a marketplace and train station. Communication fostered relationships between impoverished sellers at the market and the local authorities responsible for overseeing the activities.