On November 13, we had the honor of joining Krista Tippett, Lucas Johnson and Eddie Gonzales of On Being and The Civil Conversations Project for a session at Upswell, a national convening in Chicago. Attendees from across the country came to learn about the grounding virtues and guiding questions set forth in the Better Conversations Guide we are using this year in Barrington.
To open the session, Tippett led a group reading of the six Grounding Virtues, including a reading from Fellow Julie Kanak. She then introduced Dr. Zina Jacque and Jessica Swoyer Green to share the "low & slow" approach for A Year of Courageous Conversations, and how we are putting their tools into practice. In an interview with Fetzer Institute, Johnson also lifted up A Year of Courageous Conversations as an example of communities using On Being’s resources to inspire local dialogues.
Said Krista after the conference: "In the following days, I heard from person after person how the example of what you're doing gave them courage to take back to their communities." (Bravo, Barrington!)
Krista will be back in the Chicagoland area on January 31, 2020 for a live On Being recording with Ai-Jen Poo of the National Domestic Workers Alliance in Oak Park, IL. Tickets available here.
