Note: This post, by Albanian-born US citizen Rremida Shkoza, originally appeared as a part of CNN’s “Fractured States of America” series. (CNN)I was in my hotel room in New York when I got a call from my friend Tracy Hollister. She invited me to be part of a Living Room Conversation, a bipartisan forum for […]
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By Chad Estes, Faith Communities Partner at Living Room Conversations My church looked different at the beginning of 2018. Walking into our sanctuary you would have thought that the maintenance staff forgot to remove the round tables that had been brought in and decorated for the Christmas Eve service just a couple of weeks before. The room is pretty
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One of our dedicated and deeply appreciated volunteer hosts, Kathy Mitchell, created a list of insights from the Communicating With Care conversation. From her experience hosting this conversation, she generated a list of some of the best and worst communication practices. Kathy observes, “Talking with others about sensitive topics is rarely easy, but avoiding those
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by Gayle Yamauchi-Gleason Michael C. Taggart is retired from a public service career in the Columbus, OH area and is one of many dedicated Living Room Conversations volunteers. A self-identified ‘constitutional conservative’, Michael described in an interview how he discovered Living Room Conversations last year, and what he has been up to since! What is
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By Beth Raps Dr. David Sacks is in private practice as a clinical psychologist in the metropolitan DC area. He met us through one of our star organizers, Jessica Shryack, Director of Quality Initiatives at Minneapolis Community & Technical College. Jessica represented us at the wonderful Frontiers of Democracy conference you read about this Summer;
By Debilyn Molineaux. Reposted from AllSides.com Since I saw this YouTube video on The First Follower, I’ve been fascinated by who follows whom, and why? We often see analyses of various leadership styles—but why do we follow people with one or two styles but not others? Could our follower-style be the real difference between success and
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By Joan Blades. Reposted from AllSides. I began describing Living Room Conversations as a domestic peace initiative just over a year ago. Individuals and communities that were at odds or disconnected were intentionally meeting to talk, build understanding and even friendships. It has become clear that the result is simple local peace building. And for many of us
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By David Womeldorff & Donna Zajonc. Reposted from TED*. Are you a good listener? According to a recent business survey, even though people are frequently texting and checking their email when talking with others, a majority feel they are still good listeners. People say they are good listeners, but don’t feel others listen to them. Consider these questions
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By Joan Blades & John Gable. Reposted from The Aspen Institute. The Better Arguments Project is a new national civic initiative created to help bridge ideological divides – not by papering over those divides but by teaching Americans how to have better arguments. We believe the more we can equip communities to have arguments rooted
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By Gayle Yamauchi-Gleason Our organizer/volunteer, Gayle Yamauchi-Gleason shared the thoughtful write-up below about Living Room Conversations. I’m a Living Room Conversations organizer because the Living Room Conversations model has about the lowest barrier to entry out there in terms of cross-partisan dialogue practices. It’s open source and they encourage you to either start with a
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