The March at 60We’re feeling “the fierce urgency of now.”
Category: Village Square 101
Join A Club.(the fate of America depends on it)
Local Patriots
Ahead of our program “Stand in the place where we live” we’ve looked high and low for people who stand up and make things happen where we live right here in Tallahassee. Meet your nominees.
Seven Things That Inspired Us at #WeaveThePeople
At a time when the social fabric in American civic life is fraying, this Big Bold project gathered Amazing People from across the country who are deeply devoting to Weaving The People back together.
5-Foot Challenge:
The Culture of Trust
We’re looking for law enforcement officers and people of color who’d like to participate in this project. Learn more and find an application link below.
Local Color Midterm:
Progress report
Our self-evaluation of Local Color
Join us for Created Equal
“We shall learn to live together as brothers and sisters or we will perish together as fools. The choice is ours: chaos or community.” –Martin Luther King Jr.
Morality + Politics:
Rabbi Jack Romberg
Must see Village Square TV: Village Square board chair Jack Romberg speaks with Gary Yordon of WCTV’s The Usual Suspects about the intersection of morality and politics (December 16, 2017). Watch by clicking here.
The Jefferson Dinner:
Free Speech and Safe Space
An important conversation toward “all men are created equal” in the Jeffersonian tradition
Jack Romberg: A Lesson from the Broadway Play Hamilton
The show makes sure we understand that it was more than the well known founding fathers who contributed to the strength of our country…
Welcoming Conservatives
Our experience welcoming our conservative neighbors into vibrant dialogue (and new friendships)
Berkeley + BYU
Reigniting America’s Civic Ecosystem – at Universities and Beyond
“Let Friendship Redeem the Republic:”
Eat lunch. Get swag.
The Righteous Mind:
NYU’s Dr. Jonathan Haidt
Were there a Village Square 101 mandatory prerequisite to citizenship, we think Dr. Jonathan Haidt is the professor.
We invite you to find out why we’re such fans.
The Art + Science of
The Village Square:
Tumbling Down the Rabbit Hole:
A Citizen’s Election Season Survival Guide
Bringing 68% Solutions back to America
Back in the day, we might have called our goal “statesmanship.” Once elected, leaders were expected to serve all citizens – whether they had voted for them or not – while working with political foes to govern.
A Disclaimer
We call our mission both
impossible and mandatory.
Thus, the pig. Catch up on all things pig here.
Village Square 101: Of, by and for the people
The hostile tone of our national debate is a predictable result of the worrisome reality that we’ve essentially formed tribes. We’ll all grow old waiting for Washington to fix it, so we’re going to have to get it done ourselves.
Our Blue Sky Vision: Vibrant disagreement across America
… a democracy that embraces difference of
opinion as a strength to celebrate, not an obstacle to overcome
Citizen’s Election Season Survival Guide
The indispensable guide to surviving the election season with your self-respect intact (and hopefully without developing a heavy reliance on prescription medication)