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We are standing, yet again, at the edge of where our past year concludes and our new year is peaking over the horizon. What sort of lessons have we learned

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

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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

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

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

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

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By Debilyn Molineaux. Reposted from AllSides. We all know them — and we may be them. Who? People who seem to tear down every idea, project or dream we’ve been

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By Pedro Silva. Reposted from AllSides. As I sat in the front row of Second Baptist Church of Boulder, Colorado waiting to be called up to join my fellow panelists,

By Bruce Friesen. Reposted from AllSides. I used to think I knew what I stood for, what my make up as a person was. As the years go by, I’ve

By Serena Witherspoon. Reprinted from Huffington Post. I am of a mixed racial background. My mom is a white first-generation American and spent a large chunk of her adolescence being raised

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