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Community-Centered Students Engaging in Community Conversations
William & Mary, Elizabeth Miller, Williamsburg, VA
“I’ve been carrying that [incorrect] assumption...
Shifting Culture Through Conversation
DD’s Family Story
Originally published July 2020
D. DeAngelis, known as “DD,” was inspired to have...
Bolder Together
The Unity Center, San Diego, CA
Originally published February 2019
Most people who plan to do Living...
I Can Do This: David’s Story
Originally published August 2018
Dr. David Sacks is in private practice as a clinical psychologist...
Becoming Beloved Community
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Fayetteville, AKOriginally published September 2019
St. Paul’s Episcopal...
Community Conversations Project
Blacksburg Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Blacksburg, VAWritten July 2023
Blacksburg, Virginia,...
From Ancestry to Action: A Nurse’s Transformative Journey in Racial Reconciliation through Living Room Conversations
[Rachel Leavitt, Missouri, USA]
Rachel Leavitt, a dedicated nurse, educator, and health coach, has...
Fruita For Equality
On the second Wednesday of every month inside Lithic Bookstore in Fruita, Colorado you will find folks...
Pushing the Model to its Boundaries
"The goal was not to get to a certain conclusion but listen to what others have to say and be able to...
Local group holds civil discussions on hot-button topics
Inside a room at Grace United Methodist Church, a group of people meet monthly to discuss some of the...
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Posts
Bringing Meaningful Dialogue into the Classroom: My Journey with Living Room Conversations
Written by:Melissa Greenhagen Assistant Director | Institute for the study of the Environment, Sustainability,...
Hyphens: Combined, Yet Divided
Haya:
Asian-American: a term set to define a vast group of more than 3 billion people from across the...
We are Water: Connecting Communities Through Stories and Conversations
Authors: Brigitta Rongstad Strong, Annamarie Schaecher, Anne Gold, Ethan Knight
Water is both critical...
Weaving our stories as women
Stories carry memories, history, and wisdom. They have the ability to ground us in an experience we may...
February 2023: Black History Month
By: Anaïs Maseda
Being someone with a richly diverse background and ancestry, I grew up confused about...
January 2023: New Year
We are standing, yet again, at the edge of where our past year concludes and our new year is peaking...
Living Room Conversations Limited Edition T-shirts Available!
Show your support and order your limited edition t-shirt today!
We are incredibly excited to announce...
Not "saming" but "belonging"
By: Sophia He
Youth Council
Consciously or unconsciously, our communities contribute to our identity...
Respect: How do you define respect and how do you experience it?
For me, respect involves understanding rather than judging. As a human being and a social animal, I...
Perspective From a High School Student
By Sophia He
As inevitable navigators of society and the internal mind, we are all , right at this moment,...
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News
Voices: In times of tragedy and fear, conversation is a civic — and moral — responsibility
When we stop talking to one another, fear fills the vacuum. And there are plenty of others who are more...
Why I keep building bridges even when I’m full of doubt
For years I’ve witnessed Braver Angels bridge America’s red-blue divide. At moments like this I feel...
Join the effort to restore Trust in Elections
ORIGINAL PUBLICATION: THE FULCRUM
Author: Joan Blades
A successful democratic republic must have trustworthy...
Nuclear Power: Why the divide in expert views
ORIGINAL PUBLICATION: THE BULLETIN OF THE ATOMIC SCIENTISTS
Author: Joan Blades, John Harte
Within the...
We Must All Work Together To Have a Trustworthy 2024 Election
ORIGINAL PUBLICATION: NEWSWEEK
Author: Joan Blades
The attack on the U.S. capitol on Jan. 6 is not forgotten...
The Wolf We Feed
ORIGINAL PUBLICATION: ALLSIDES
Author: Joan Blades
In this Cherokee parable, a grandson approaches his...
Hidden Gem: Living Room Conversations
ORIGINAL PUBLICATION: COLORADO VIRTUAL LIBRARY
Annie Caplan is the Libraries Community Partner at Living...
Living Room Conversations
Chelsea Rowles talks about the guides and tips this non-profit offers to help people discuss race, politics,...
Mental Health: a Living Room Conversation
Original Publication: Estes Park Trail Gazette
by the Estes Valley Library and the Estes Valley Restorative...
Justine Lee | Bringing America Together One Conversation At A Time
This week on Borderless, join our host Vale Sloane as he sits down with Justine Lee of Living Room Conversations...
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Weekly Updates
Rebuilding Respectful Discourse
Hi there,
Thank you so much for participating in last week’s newsletter survey. More than anything...
Our Favorite Insights from "Communicating with Care"
Here’s a list of our favorite insights from the Communicating with Care Living Room Conversations we...
Transform Racism
We are pleased to let you know about a collaboration between Shift’s Transforming Racism project and...
9 Democrats & 9 Republicans
Instead of Raging Over ‘Maus,’ Support Local People Who Are Fighting the Ban
Did you see...
Meet Annie!
My name is Annie Caplan and I am the new Libraries Partner for Living Room Conversations. Whether you...
The Power of our Six Conversation Agreements
Last week we hosted our first Living Room Conversation of the year: Mental Health & Belonging. If...
Happy New Year
We are pleased to share that The Reunited States will have its nationwide PBS Broadcast premieres beginning...
Our Projects
Videos
LRC LIVE premiere: Climate Of Unity
We all want to live in a healthy environment, yet most of us make compromises to enjoy the benefits of...
LRC LIVE premiere: Communitarianism & Conservatism
The idea of conservatism evokes a spectrum of ideas, values and political positions. This conversation...
Piedmont Community Church on Bridging Ideological Divides
Leaders from Piedmont Community Church in Northern California discuss how Living Room Conversations strengthen...
Living Room Conversation on Communitarianism & Conservatism - Highlights
Check out the highlights from this Living Room Conversation on Communitarianism & Conservatism, featuring:
Pete...
LRC Live: Juneteenth
Juneteenth celebrates the ending of slavery in the United States on June 19th, 1865. This date marks...
LRC LIVE: Earth Day
Earth Day The Living Room Conversations Way. We are excited to share highlights from a recent Climate...
LRC LIVE: Let's Talk About Women
Women connect and uplift each other in so many ways and communities are strengthened when women gather...
LRC Live: The Future through the eyes of Youth Leaders
Watch the recording of LRC Live: The Future through the eyes of Youth Leaders, where young leaders explored...
LIVE: Race & Ethnicity
Watch the recording of LRC Live: Race & Ethnicity, where people just like you reflected on Race &...
LRC Live: Trust
Watch the recording of LRC Live: Trust, where people just like you reflected on key disconnects we are...
Our Projects
podcasts
Joan Blades, Co-Founder of MoveOn.org and Living Room Conversations, Award Winning Author, and Lawyer
Click on the player below to listen to Joan’s interview on Peace Podcast.
“Conversations can heal...
Joan Blades: Grassroots Organizer, Culture Change-Maker, Nonprofit Founder
Click on the image below to listen to Joan’s interview with Awakin.
Joan Blades is an “accidental...
Peace-Building Through Conversation with Joan Blades (Relate with Patrick McAndrew)
Joan Blades, co-founder of Living Room Conversations, joins us in episode 107 of Relate. In this episode,...
Heart, Empowerment & Effective Action with Joan Blades
Could heart, empowerment and conscious effectiveness be the pillars to aligning as a society and...
A Year of Listening: Listening Across Differences
Author Colleen K. Powell interview’s Living Room Conversations’ own Tracy Hollister about...
Healing Divides with Joan Blades of Living Room Conversations and MoveOn
Joan Blades founder of MoveOn and MomsRising joins The Great Battlefield podcast. Joan talks about how...
Race and Ethnicity: Part 3
Listen to Part 3 (the wrap-up) in our Race and Ethnicity Conversation Series.
If you enjoyed this podcast,...
Race and Ethnicity: Part 2
Listen to Part 2 in our Race and Ethnicity Conversation Series.
If you enjoyed this podcast, we invite...
Race and Ethnicity: Part 1
Listen to the first of our new three-part series on Race and Ethnicity.
If you enjoyed this podcast,...
Living Room Conversations: Can A New “Parlor” Game Heal the Divide?
Listen to the podcast here
A Conversation With Living Room Conversations Co-Founder Joan Blades
“When...
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