Can we Listen? Follow up Discussion Planned

GNAT News Posted On September 13, 2017

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Peter Pagnucco

MANCHESTER CENTER>> Based on requests from the community, the Manchester Community Library hosted “Can We Talk? Bridging the Political Divide: A Community Conversation on How to Make This Happen,” this past July. About 100 people participated in that first meeting, which indicates that there is significant interest among community members to learn to communicate with one another and better understand where people are coming from who have differing political views.

You can find a link to GNAT’s coverage of that event here: http://gnat-tv.org/news-project-can-talk/

Many people at that meeting expressed a desire to continue the conversation and urged the organizers to plan additional meetings. In response, MCL will host “Can We Listen? Bridging the Political Divide” on Monday, Sept. 25 at 7 p.m. Mediator Peter A. Pagnucco, J.D., owner of Pagnucco Dispute Resolution, which specializes in mediation services and conflict resolution education, and director of the Mediation Clinic at Bennington College, will lead the program. Pagnucco will first present an approach to conflict and difference that helps enable comfort and confidence for listening when we disagree, then address skills that help us listen to understand and create learning conversations. We’ll follow up with an opportunity to practice some listening skills.

The organizers hope this program will be inclusive and well represented by people of all political parties and a full range of the political spectrum.

The program is free and open to the public. Homemade refreshments, made by the Library’s Cookie Brigade, will be served following the program. Manchester Community Library is located at 138 Cemetery Ave. in Manchester Center, VT. For more information, call the Library at 802-362-2607.

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