How to Have Better Contentious Conversations

Suggested viewing before we meet (12 min video): How to Have Better Contentious Conversations

• What are the benefits and costs in engaging or avoiding contentious political, moral, or ethical discussions?
• Do you feel that controversial discourse is like a zombie movie, or what would be a better metaphor?
• What moral values matter most to you in how you see the world (e.g. fairness, security, loyalty, authority, purity, …)?
• How might contentious conversations change if you tried to appeal to their values, rather than using your own?

Let's think about it!

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About TWD Online events:

1. Zoom event starts at 3pm pacific
2. From 3p-3:30p, members join the main Zoom room to mingle, watch the video again, grab a beverage and settle in
3. At 3:30pm, the hosts create Zoom breakout rooms where groups of 6-10 members join to have a more in-depth conversation about the topic
4. Between 5 and 5:30, the hosts decide to end their facilitation and leave their breakout room to return to the main room. At 5:30 PM, all of the breakout rooms are closed and members will be returned to the main room for the ‘post discussion party'.

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