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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
“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…
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…