Changing Opinions: Curious Krewe - May 2025 Gathering

At a Curious Krewe gathering, we’re all about building real friendships and diving into life’s big (and small) questions with people who see the world differently. At the heart of every Curious Krewe, we’re doing two things—being great friends and chasing curiosity together.

What does that look like? We’re glad you asked! But first, two super-important things:

1. Friendship is First: We always start from a place of friendship because a real connection is the foundation for meaningful conversation. This isn’t about debating, correcting, or “winning," but learning about and from each other, growing together, and developing friendships that allow space for different experiences, questions, and perspectives. Because when friendship comes first, everything else gets better.
2. Chasing Curiosity Together: Just hanging out with people who think differently is great, and becoming friends is even greater, but there’s so much more to friendships. True friends help each other explore, learn, and figure out what’s real. Crazy idea, we know—but we believe you can do that even if you don’t see eye to eye on everything.

The Curious Krewe doesn’t have “rules”, but it does have a “code”. We call ours the “The Fun-but-Fair Code”

• Respect beats being right—always.
• Listen up (no interruptions, please).
• Keep an open mind—it’s how we grow!
• Differences are good—let’s understand them.
• Make this a safe space for everyone, every time.

If all this piques your CURIOSITY, then you belong in The Curious Krewe!
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This is how a typical CK Gathering looks:

• We begin gathering at 6pm to allow folks to get drinks, food, and settle in.
• At 6:30pm, we start our discussions, and each person takes time to respond to the question of the gathering (that we all voted on after the last gathering). When the speaker says they are finished, the group is welcome to respond thoughtfully with affirmations or questions. (Not corrections or debates).
• We wrap up discussions a little before 8pm and wrap up the gathering with a few parting words, and details on the next gathering.
• If you wish to continue your conversation or start a whole new one, everyone is free to stay as long as they wish.