Where and how we discuss difficult issues matters. ROP’s Living Room Conversations model is a way to approach topics that are new or uncomfortable, focusing on bridging diverse perspectives while providing everybody a chance to learn something new, and bring themselves fully into the room. The Living Room Conversation communicates:
- that we gather in a place of relative security and comfort
- that while our topic might be of great importance, it is scaled for a living room
- that all who gather come in friendship even if we share a range of views
- that, in fact, there is no better place to identify our differences than in a living room
- that we are here to share ideas not to be talked to.
ROP’s Living Room Conversation on Immigration Toolkit, developed in 2006 and still in use:
- What is a Living Room Conversation?
- Standard outline for an LRC
- Framework for building an LRC on any topic
- Sample invitation to a prospective host of an LRC
- Sample invitation to for attendees
For more detailed agendas or tips on facilitating living room conversations, please contact amanda@rop.org.