Upcoming events.
Let's Talk! A Gathering of Community: A Town Talks Style Town Hall
Let’s re-envision the town hall by learning how to talk to one another! We'll gather and share stories of who we are and why we are choosing to be engaged in Democracy! We'll give a "book tasting" from Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can Save America from a Culture of Contempt by Arthur Brooks, as well as visit conversation strategies from Monica Guzman’s book, I Never Thought of it That Way: How to have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times. Through our own personal stories, we'll discuss what most concerns us, listen to the concerns of others and practice for future political and policy discussions in our next two workshops! Leave with strategies to help extend these conversations further into our communities, “rippling out” to others with perceived different views.
Hope. Kindness. Connection.
Let’s Talk! A Gathering of Community: A Town Talks Style Town Hall!
Let’s re-envision the town hall by learning how to talk to one another! We'll gather and share stories of who we are and why we are choosing to be engaged in Democracy! We'll give a "book tasting" from Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can Save America from a Culture of Contempt by Arthur Brooks, as well as visit conversation strategies from Monica Guzman’s book, I Never Thought of it That Way: How to have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times. Through our own personal stories, we'll discuss what most concerns us, listen to the concerns of others and practice for future political and policy discussions in our next two workshops! Leave with strategies to help extend these conversations further into our communities, “rippling out” to others with perceived different views.
Hope. Kindness. Connection.
Let's Talk! A Gathering of Community: A Town Talks Style Town Hall
Let’s re-envision the town hall by learning how to talk to one another! We'll gather and share stories of who we are and why we are choosing to be engaged in Democracy! We'll give a "book tasting" from Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can Save America from a Culture of Contempt by Arthur Brooks, as well as visit conversation strategies from Monica Guzman’s book, I Never Thought of it That Way: How to have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times. Through our own personal stories, we'll discuss what most concerns us, listen to the concerns of others and practice for future political and policy discussions in our next two workshops! Leave with strategies to help extend these conversations further into our communities, “rippling out” to others with perceived different views.
Hope. Kindness. Connection.
Policy Matters: Abundance by Ezra Klein Book Talk & The World Happiness Report by Gallup - Virtual Evening Edition
Join us for double the fun! We will take an overview of the World Happiness Report that came out March 20th, 2025 and tie this into Ezra Klein’s new best seller, Abundance! Let’s discuss how these findings and policy suggestions relate to the well-being and how it can inform what we advocate for in our state and local politics.
Policy Matters: Abundance by Ezra Klein Book Talk & The World Happiness Report by Gallup
Join us for double the fun! We will take an overview of the World Happiness Report that came out March 20th, 2025 and tie this into Ezra Klein’s new best seller, Abundance! Let’s discuss how these findings and policy suggestions relate to the well-being and how it can inform what we advocate for in our state and local politics.
Town Talks Book Talk
Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can Save America From the Culture of Contempt
Ever wonder how we got to such a dysfunctional political climate? Arthur Brooks lays it out insightfully in this timely book,
Though his book was published in 2019, his concerns are accelerating and at a tipping point! Find answers to how we got here and how we can heal the political divide. Join us for an overview and discussion of Arthur Brooks’ informative and essential book!
Protests, strikes, boycotts are all useful tools in our effort to halt efforts to destroy democracy. But, something as powerful, is the simple art of conversation in civil discourse. Like a pebble in the pond, talk can emanate outward, bringing people into action, who might not have a bigger picture. Talk, stories, and recognizing common ground in one another, can get us there.
At this discussion we will engage in . . .
An Overview of the book (Just in case you didn’t get the whole thing read!)
Breakout discussions on chapters that spoke to us most
Practice conversations of how to engage someone of a different political perspective
How to handle a counter protestor - bridging the divide and deescalation
How to talk to others in your own life. - (We all have at least, that one person.)
Next steps . . . A plan to implement what we have learned from Brooks in our own lives
Daytime Registration
https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible-stl/event/791977/
Arthur Brooks information - https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=56870
Happy Talks via Zoom
Grab your beverage of choice and join us for follow up discussions. Cheers!
Coffee Talks via Zoom
Grab a latte or whatever gets you going in the morning and join us to Talk!
Town Talks (Evening : Let’s Talk!)
A follow up to the 4/25/25 People’s Cabinet Town Hall!
Let’s Talk!
Please join us for a Town Talk where YOU get to talk WITH YOUR Community! Get to know others in your region who are motivated, informed, involved and find ways, big and small to act, advocating for the well-being of our Democracy.