Community Conversations use a Community Idea Stations television program as a conversation starter and follow the Conversation Café dialogue model, a new model of social conversation (visit the conversationcafe.org web site to learn more).
Each participant follows the agreements for a great conversation:
- Open-mindedness – listen to and respect all points of view
- Acceptance – suspend judgment as best you can
- Curiosity – seek to understand rather than persuade
- Discovery – question old assumptions, look for new insights
- Sincerity – speak for yourself about what has personal heart and meaning
- Brevity – go for honesty and depth but don’t go on and on
Upcoming Community Conversation
“Locked Out: The Fall of Massive Resistance”
This one-hour documentary was produced by WCVE PBS in partnership with the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia. “Locked Out” tells the stories of the students impacted by Massive Resistance. Following the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, mandating school desegregation, Virginia’s government instead chose a path called “Massive Resistance,” closing many public schools instead of integrating them. “Locked Out” offers first-hand accounts of the negative effects of this abuse of public power and yet how it also paved the way for future progress.
Watch the program
Program: “Locked Out: The Fall of Massive Resistance”
Airs: Monday, November 16 at 9:00 p.m.
Channel: WCVE PBS
Repeats: Tuesday, November 17 at 8:00 p.m. on WCVW PBS, Wednesday, November 18 at 11:00 p.m. on WCVE PBS and Sunday, November 22 at 2:00 p.m. on WCVE PBS.
Join us for a Community Conversation:
When: Saturday, November 21, 2:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Where: Unity of Richmond, 800 Blanton Avenue, Richmond, VA 23221
Note: Community Conversations are not filmed. Confidentiality is assured.
