Community Conversations
For over a decade, Facing History has partnered with The Allstate Foundation to host Community Conversations and bring communities together through meaningful dialogue around today’s most profound issues. Students, teachers, parents and community members from all walks of life engage with distinguished speakers to challenge their collective thinking, promote tolerance, and create social change.
Facing History Now Community Conversation: Dehumanization at the Border
Good Trouble in Hard Times: A Community Conversation with Andrew Aydin, Co-Author of MARCH
Presented by Facing History and Ourselves and The Allstate Foundation, in partnership with The Boston Public Library, Central Library in Copley Square.
A Problem From Hell
Samantha Power discusses the difficulties and challenges of combating genocide.
Isabel Wilkerson: America's Great Migration
Isabel Wilkerson, author of The Warmth of Other Suns, speaks at a Community Conversation.
Nicholas Kristof on "Depressing Issues" and Inspiring People
Nicholas Kristof addresses the perception that the issues he writes about are depressing.
Be in Charge of Something: Wes Moore on Leadership
Author Wes Moore challenges young people to be leaders.
Douglas Blackmon on Dealing with the Past
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author delivers an examination of the enslavement of African Americans and the profound legacy that persists to this day.
Dr. Deborah Prothrow-Stith: The Role of Community
Deborah Prothrow-Stith discusses the role of community in preventing youth violence.
Lynsey Addario: The World Through Her Lens
Addario uses her work as a photographer to record images of people and societies in conflict around the globe.
Resilience in the Face of Hatred
What does it mean to live in a world where even our most sacred spaces are vulnerable to the most violent crimes? What are our responsibilities as individuals? What should our collective response be?
5 Questions for Pulitzer-Winner Sonia Nazario
The author of the bestseller Enrique's Journey discusses immigration, reporting during times of conflict, and the power young people have to shape our world for the better.
Sponsored by the Allstate Foundation
