FREE! Please arrive early as space is limited to the first 40 people.
People talk a lot about what it means to actively participate in a democracy by voting, participating in protests, writing and calling our representatives, and even running for office ourselves. In the current contentious arena of American democracy, how do we create habits and practices that help us become more active, resilient, and compassionate? How do we gain the grounding to both act from our own values and listen closely to our neighbors?
This is the focus of Democracy from the Inside Out: Listening to Our Consciences and Our Neighbors. Facilitator Wendy Willis, executive director of the Deliberative Democracy Consortium, will guide a robust discussion about how to hear our own consciences and discern right action. Willis is a poet and essayist living in Portland and the founder and director of Oregon’s Kitchen Table at Portland State University.
This Conversation Project is sponsored by Oregon Humanities and is part of a statewide effort to bring Oregonians together to talk—across differences, beliefs, and backgrounds—about important issues and ideas.
This program kicks off a year long AFC theme about grassroots democracy as it pertains to cooperatives and governance. It is sponsored by Oregon Humanities and made possible by the generous support of Oregon Humanities, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Oregon Cultural Trust.
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