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Reflections from January’s Forum: Kids & Care- Central Oregon’s Childcare Crisis
Our area’s population continues to grow at a staggering rate, and with minimal growth in child care providers, we have become a child care desert. Our speakers at January’s forum showed statistics, uncovered the why, and […]
Reflections from December’s Forum: What if a Felon Lives Next Door?
Despite a general downward trend in America’s crime rate, the number of incarcerated individuals continues to climb. December’s forum provided different perspectives from former inmates and a Deschutes County Adult Parole & Probation officer on the […]
Reflections from November’s Forum: Politics, Sex & Religion: How to have difficult conversations without being difficult
We paused. We leaned in. We shared. We connected.
Thanks for showing up for Politics, Sex & Religion—how to have difficult conversations without being difficult. Seems like this conversation struck a chord, with powerful new awareness and […]
“Never doubt that a small group of concerned citizens can change the world. Indeed it’s the only thing that ever has.”
“Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; argument an exchange of ignorance.”
“A lot of problems would disappear if we talk to each other instead of about each other.”
“Civic engagement means working to make a difference in the life of our communities and developing the combination of knowledge, skills, values and motivation to make that difference. It means promoting the quality of life in a community, through both political and non-political processes.”
“Conversation is the most difficult thing in a democracy – and also the most important.”
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