Finding Sonder with Living Room Conversations
Peilin Lu is a rising high school junior. She is passionate about social justice, history, and political science. What led you to Living Room Conversations? Sonder is my favorite word…
Living Room Conversations Youth Pioneer Perspective: Sophia
Sophia He is currently a high school student going into tenth grade in the fall of 2020. She is a student at Newton Country Day School, which is a Catholic…
Making Sense of the World, One Living Room Conversation at a Time
Photo from Edwin Hooper — Unsplash.com As this pandemic morphs into a new reality, I thought about the highlights and lowlights of my time sheltered in place. The lowlights are…
Loss and Transformation: Connecting with Others Amid COVID-19
Anxiety and loss are dominant themes in our lives as the path of COVID-19 careens through our communities. Underneath this, I keep hearing about bright spots and possibilities. That we might discover…
Bringing Living Room Conversations to the Classroom
A Living Room Conversation (LRC) is a model of sharing and listening to diverse viewpoints that can be easily implemented in a classroom setting. The model, developed in 2011, helps people with…
Political Diversity and the Wisdom of Boos
Editor's Note: See John Gable's take on this event here. Over the past decade I’ve been a regular attendee at the Wisdom 2.0 Conference in San Francisco. It’s an annual gathering…
Love in the Time of Corona
Dear ones, Staring down our vulnerability hurts in the forgotten places. Who knew the dial of these anxious times would suddenly be cranked up to 11? How are you? Really? Our team…