{"id":107861,"date":"2026-03-29T12:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T20:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/?p=107861"},"modified":"2026-03-23T12:01:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T20:01:51","slug":"join-the-community-conversation-about-elections-this-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/2026\/03\/29\/join-the-community-conversation-about-elections-this-wednesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Join the &#8216;Community Conversation&#8217; about elections this Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you want to better understand the controversy surrounding how elections are run in the U.S.?<\/p>\n<p>Are you ready to listen to those who disagree with you so you can understand why?<\/p>\n<p>Are you ready to help others understand your own views?<\/p>\n<p>And do you hope our communities can be strengthened by how we handle our disagreements \u2013 and maybe thereby come up with better possible solutions\u00a0<strong>and<\/strong>\u00a0stronger relationships?<\/p>\n<p>If so, come to our next \u201cCommunity Conversations\u201d session, themed \u201cLet\u2019s Talk About Elections: Free? Fair? Secure?,\u201d from\u00a0<strong>7 to 8:30 p.m.<\/strong> this <strong>Wednesday, April 1<\/strong>, in Hoover 102.<\/p>\n<p>This event is being cosponsored by George Fox and the local United as Neighbors group. Contact Ron Mock at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:rmock@georgefox.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rmock@georgefox.edu<\/a>\u00a0for further information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you want to better understand the controversy surrounding how elections are run in the U.S.? Are you ready to listen to those who disagree with you so you can understand why? Are you ready to help others understand your own views? And do you hope our communities can be strengthened by how we handle [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,38,23,30,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newberg-employee","category-newberg-graduate-student","category-newberg-student","category-portland-employee","category-portland-student"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Join the &#039;Community Conversation&#039; about elections this Wednesday - The Daily Bruin<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Join the &#039;Community Conversation&#039; about elections this Wednesday - The Daily Bruin\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Do you want to better understand the controversy surrounding how elections are run in the U.S.? Are you ready to listen to those who disagree with you so you can understand why? Are you ready to help others understand your own views? And do you hope our communities can be strengthened by how we handle [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/2026\/03\/29\/join-the-community-conversation-about-elections-this-wednesday\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Daily Bruin\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-29T20:01:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"sean\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"sean\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/2026\/03\/29\/join-the-community-conversation-about-elections-this-wednesday\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/2026\/03\/29\/join-the-community-conversation-about-elections-this-wednesday\/\",\"name\":\"Join the 'Community Conversation' about elections this Wednesday - The Daily Bruin\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-29T20:01:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/#\/schema\/person\/bfdf65789b7634c1435d2fa683e2ace8\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/2026\/03\/29\/join-the-community-conversation-about-elections-this-wednesday\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/2026\/03\/29\/join-the-community-conversation-about-elections-this-wednesday\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/2026\/03\/29\/join-the-community-conversation-about-elections-this-wednesday\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Join the &#8216;Community Conversation&#8217; about elections this Wednesday\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/\",\"name\":\"The Daily Bruin\",\"description\":\"What&#039;s going on at Fox\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/#\/schema\/person\/bfdf65789b7634c1435d2fa683e2ace8\",\"name\":\"sean\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/faae567a461b0650894894e46e38dd86d18d3a21d977b938cb4dfc028c2ec47f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/faae567a461b0650894894e46e38dd86d18d3a21d977b938cb4dfc028c2ec47f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"sean\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/author\/sean\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Join the 'Community Conversation' about elections this Wednesday - The Daily Bruin","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Join the 'Community Conversation' about elections this Wednesday - The Daily Bruin","og_description":"Do you want to better understand the controversy surrounding how elections are run in the U.S.? Are you ready to listen to those who disagree with you so you can understand why? Are you ready to help others understand your own views? And do you hope our communities can be strengthened by how we handle [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/2026\/03\/29\/join-the-community-conversation-about-elections-this-wednesday\/","og_site_name":"The Daily Bruin","article_published_time":"2026-03-29T20:01:00+00:00","author":"sean","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"sean","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/2026\/03\/29\/join-the-community-conversation-about-elections-this-wednesday\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/2026\/03\/29\/join-the-community-conversation-about-elections-this-wednesday\/","name":"Join the 'Community Conversation' about elections this Wednesday - The Daily Bruin","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-03-29T20:01:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/#\/schema\/person\/bfdf65789b7634c1435d2fa683e2ace8"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/2026\/03\/29\/join-the-community-conversation-about-elections-this-wednesday\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/2026\/03\/29\/join-the-community-conversation-about-elections-this-wednesday\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/2026\/03\/29\/join-the-community-conversation-about-elections-this-wednesday\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Join the &#8216;Community Conversation&#8217; about elections this Wednesday"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/","name":"The Daily Bruin","description":"What&#039;s going on at Fox","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/#\/schema\/person\/bfdf65789b7634c1435d2fa683e2ace8","name":"sean","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/faae567a461b0650894894e46e38dd86d18d3a21d977b938cb4dfc028c2ec47f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/faae567a461b0650894894e46e38dd86d18d3a21d977b938cb4dfc028c2ec47f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"sean"},"url":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/author\/sean\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107861"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107862,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107861\/revisions\/107862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}