Resist the divide

By Jeanene Louden. Reprinted from The Huffington Post. The president elect is calling for American unity as a way forward. Those that did not support him are calling for unity as a way

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Post election Living Room Conversations

By Rodney Ferguson. Reprinted from The Huffington Post. It’s winter Winter in America And ain’t nobody fighting ‘Cause nobody knows what to save – Gil Scott-Heron The lyrics to the 1974

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Courage in the face of fear

Courage in the face of fear is not for the faint of heart, especially for those whose hearts are broken.  The first Saturday after this country’s national election could have

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From fragility to kintsugi

By Siri Myhrom. Reprinted from The Huffington Post. My friend Jessica invited me last year to be a part of a project she is developing. She co-hosts and organizes intimate Living Room

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What do we do on november 9th?

By Rev. Linda Taylor. Reprinted from The Huffington Post. There’s a Bible story that speaks to me about our current national situation. It’s the story of a rich man who for

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Vilifying Donald Trump makes him stronger

By Ralph J Benko. Reprinted from The Huffington Post. John Trumbull‘s painting, Declaration of Independence, depicting the five-man drafting committee of the Declaration of Independence, including Jefferson and Adams Last August, Washington Post Bigfoot Columnist

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Scary green pants

By Mary Gaylord. Reprinted from The Huffington Post. One of my favorite books is What Was I Scared Of? by Dr. Seuss. The story is about a person afraid of a pair of empty,

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Youth voters feel defeated by system

By Serena Witherspoon. Reprinted from The Huffington Post. A year ago I hosted my first Living Room Conversation, the topic was youth voting— more specifically why youth choose to register or not. One

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People are not deplorable, only human

By Ralph Benko. Reprinted from The Huffington Post. J.D. Vance, one of the freshest new writers on the scene, recently published a wonderful op-ed in the New York Times, When it comes

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