Community Conversations
Exploring Issues of Civic Responsibility
Facing History and Ourselves and The Allstate Foundation present a series of community-wide dialogues across the US. Prominent scholars, authors, filmmakers, and policy leaders will speak and participate in discussions about civic engagement, individual and collective responsibility and tolerance.
Upcoming Events
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Journey to Freedom: A Film Screening and Conversation with Producer Artemis Joukowsky
A Conversation with New York Times columnist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Nicholas KristofChicago, IL Join us for a conversation with two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof. We will view film excerpts from the documentary Reporter, featuring Kristof as he explores the role of journalism in a democracy and in our increasingly interconnected world. Kristof gives a voice to the voiceless, believing, "you [can] tell the story of a place by writing about a tiny village as a sort of prism into the bigger issues the culture [is] facing." Facing History and Ourselves is the educational outreach partner for Reporter. Kristof 's latest book, co-authored with his wife Sheryl WuDunn, is described as "electrifying" by the Washington Post and is on the New York Times bestseller list. Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide addresses worldwide maltreatment, marginalization, and brutality towards women, and draws a compelling picture of the trials and triumphs of women struggling for opportunity and equality. | |
 Matthew's Legacy: The Struggle for Equality and Acceptance Featuring Judy Shepard Denver, CO Shepard is the author of the New York Times best-selling book, The Meaning of Matthew: My Son's Murder in Laramie, and a World Transformed, a moving, intimate look at how her life, and the entire fight for equal rights, changed when her son was killed. | |
Highlights from Past Community Conversations | |
Dr. Paul Farmer, founder of Partners in Health Lisa See, author of Shanghai Girls Authors Alex Kotlowitz and Sonia Nazario, in conversation about immigration Marian Wright Edelman, president of the Children's Defense Fund and author of The Sea Is So Wide and My Boat Is So Small Marco Williams, director of the documentary film Banished Mona Golabek, author of Children of Willesden Lane and concert pianist Film as a Catalyst for Social Change Don Cheadle & John Prendergast Azar Nafisi, of Reading "Lolita" in Tehran: A Memoir in Books Taking an Active Role in African Affairs, with Romeo Dallaire | Lessons of the Civil Rights Movement and Today, featuring Terrence Roberts, Judith Vecchione, & Sandra Robbie in Marco Williams and Whitney Dow, documentary film directors of I Sit Where I Want: The Legacy of Brown v. Board of Education Courage and Rescue During the Rwandan Genocide, featuring Paul Rusesabagina Transformation in a Time of Democratic Fever, featuring Justice Albie Sachs and Vanessa September James Fallows, national correspondent for the Atlantic Monthly The Role of Media in a Democracy, featuring Jerry Mitchell Responsibility and Choice in our Global Community, featuring Carl Wilkens Escape from Slavery, featuring Francis Bok
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For information about Community Conversations, email info@facing.org.
