Hello folks! For all of who feel moved to connect with fundamentals and to reach beyond fear and separation in America, here is a wonderful initiative which Dave and I will host at our local community Commons on a regular basis. Susan Partnow, an OST practitioner and leader in Let¹s Talk America, sends this information which I¹m passing along to all of you.
The format might even give you non-Americans some ideas for holding conversations in your neck of the planet!!! Love, Anne Subject: Connecting with Lets Talk America Hi Anne, Below is the latest Connection our Let's Talk America e newsletter. It contains suggested questions for 11/18 (or whenever!). Be sure to sign up on the website so you¹ll get the regular messages. There is a training tomorrow night go to www.letstalkamerica.org/phonetrain.htm <http://connect.letstalkamerica.org/ctt.asp?u=2246326&l=65954> to sign up; and also a training on 11/15, a Monday night. The wallet card can be downloaded at Host Resources about half way down the page, third item under sample resources: go to http://www.letstalkamerica.org/hostresources.htm <http://www.letstalkamerica.org/hostresources.htm> Hope this gives you what you need! www.letstalkamerica.org www.conversationcafe.org www.compassionatelistening.org From: Let's Talk America [mailto:l...@connect.letstalkamerica.org] Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 9:27 PM To: susan...@comcast.net Subject: Election Day and beyond... Dear Anne, In the build up to November 2, Let¹s Talk America ( www.letstalkamerica.org <http://connect.letstalkamerica.org/ctt.asp?u=2246326&l=65953> ) is asking people to also think about November 3 and beyond and do something about it on November 18. The election has been a punishing uncivil war of words. No matter who wins (or how long it takes to select the winner), the emotional Red Cross will need to come out in force to help some very cross people calm down and heal their wounds. Our society has been pumped full of hatred. Where will it go once the election is decided? One friend said, ³Isn't it nerve-racking waiting for this election? It's kinda like being on death row, wondering if you'll be getting a reprieve.² We call LTA the leading edge of the ³mending edge² re-knitting civil society in this polarizing and paralyzing political moment in our history. TIME Magazine¹s November 1 cover story, ³The Morning After² talks about this moment, and mentions LTA: ³a group called Let's Talk America, which trains people to hold bipartisan meetings in which they can exchange ideas in a benevolent environment, has decided to focus on cleaning up after this election. It plans to place Op-Ed pieces and radio commentaries encouraging citizens with diverse views to hold monthly Let's Talk America days in their living rooms and town halls. The move may come off as earnest now, but it may simply look sensible if Americans end up feeling bruised by an election turned legal train wreck.² November 18 is the first monthly Let¹s Talk America Day and we¹re encouraging everyone to invite friends, neighbors and strangers to meet and talk about where we go from here. If you want some help, telephone host trainings are available (see www.letstalkamerica.org/phonetrain.htm <http://connect.letstalkamerica.org/ctt.asp?u=2246326&l=65954> ). A 27-minute host orientation video is at www.conversationcafe.org/TrainingVideo.html <http://connect.letstalkamerica.org/ctt.asp?u=2246326&l=65955> . A written manual and all the materials you need are also on the website at www.letstalkamerica.org/hostresources.htm <http://connect.letstalkamerica.org/ctt.asp?u=2246326&l=65956> . If you sign up through the website, you¹ll use our powerful meeting tool to attract other concerned citizens to your conversations http://connect.letstalkamerica.org/meetings <http://connect.letstalkamerica.org/ctt.asp?u=2246326&l=65958> . I¹m hosting such a conversation November 18th on Vashon Island, my home rock in Puget Sound. We¹re using the LTA/Conversation Café process and simple questions like: What¹s on your heart and mind about the election? What¹s needed by the nation and our community now? What does the mending edge mean to you and how do you want to participate? I strongly encourage you to join LTA by hosting conversations during this post-election period and to list your conversations at www.letstalkamerica.org <http://connect.letstalkamerica.org/ctt.asp?u=2246326&l=65953> so we can learn together how to mend the American soul. Let¹s talk, America about this election, and beyond. Be well, Susan Partnow Let's Talk America www.letstalkamerica.org P.S. And between now and then, just ask folks, ³How are you in this build-up to the election?² It¹s a tense time. Ross Reynolds, a local talk show host in Seattle asked listeners Wednesday: ³Are you in a state of high anxiety over next Tuesday's election? Do you jump when a stranger asks who you're voting for? Are you having nightmares? Have conversations with those who think differently than you turned... chilly? What are you doing to relieve your pre-election jitters?² We are committed to protecting your privacy, so your email address will NEVER be sold or exchanged. 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