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…
Stirrings of Aliveness
Five of us gathered around my kitchen table last week armed with steaming mugs of tea, Skinny Pop Popcorn, and laptops—the weapons of suburban warriors. To be more precise, we…
“What IS the Point, If No One Changes their Mind?”
“That was really good,” Tyree told me at the end of the meeting. “Sitting down face-to-face changes everything!” A home healthcare worker studying to become a teacher, this marked the…
Conservative: She was not a faceless liberal
Note: this post, by Brazilian-American political activist and commentator Julia Song, originally appeared as part of CNN's "Fractured States of America" series. (CNN)I am a political activist by nature. In…
Liberal: She was not a callous conservative
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…