{"id":102886,"date":"2025-03-26T15:01:40","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T23:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/?p=102886"},"modified":"2025-03-26T15:01:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T23:01:42","slug":"join-the-civility-projects-community-conversation-pick-your-topic-on-april-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/2025\/03\/26\/join-the-civility-projects-community-conversation-pick-your-topic-on-april-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Join the Civility Project&#8217;s &#8216;Community Conversation: Pick Your Topic&#8217; on April 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Join in the Civility Project&#8217;s next &#8220;Community Conversation&#8221; at <strong>7 p.m.<\/strong> on <strong>Wednesday, April 2<\/strong>, in Canyon Commons. Our own Jere Witherspoon will join local conservative civility advocate Paul Blattner in a brief conversation modeling respectful speech and reflective listening.<\/p>\n<p>Then, everyone will have a chance to pick a topic about which people at their table disagree, and have a potentially eye-opening conversation about it. All are invited to practice the skills we will need to be healing agents in our fractured political culture!<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact George Fox Civility Project Director Ron Mock at <a href=\"mailto:civility@georgefox.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">civility@georgefox.edu<\/a>, or check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/georgefox.edu\/gfcivilityproject\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Civility Project website<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join in the Civility Project&#8217;s next &#8220;Community Conversation&#8221; at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 2, in Canyon Commons. 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