[OSList] conversation & listening in Pittsburgh

Lucas Cioffi lucas at qiqochat.com
Thu Nov 1 16:51:33 PDT 2018


Hello Tricia,

I lived in Charlottesville during the race-based violence of 2017.  A few
weeks afterwards, I held listening circles in the public space downtown.
Here are the notes and lessons learned
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hORFwWZ92bBItQ95NfsqBAX81j3CIW0WQO7KFHX6FDw/edit>
that I and the other organizers compiled, and those notes might be helpful
for your organizing.

To provide a sense of what this looks like here's a photo of the news
coverage
<https://qiqochat.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/screen-shot-2017-09-12-at-9-23-56-am.png?w=1000>,
and here is a blog post with photos
<https://americantownhalls.wordpress.com/2015/03/26/the-american-townhall-on-anything/>
of where I did something very similar in 2015 (opening space with 4
chairs).  Coincidentally this was right where the car drove into the crowd
of people counter-protesting the alt-right rally in 2017.

Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your community.

Lucas Cioffi
Hastings on Hudson, NY
917-528-1831


On Thu, Nov 1, 2018 at 5:48 PM Tricia Chirumbole via OSList <
oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> Hi all!
>
> My friends and I are holding daily conversation & listening spaces on the
> streets near the Tree of LIfe Synagogue in Pittsburgh, PA where the mass
> shooting occurred this past Saturday .
>
> We are looking to establish a basic set of agreements and intentions for
> listening and dialogue - both for alignment among our core team, and
> highlights to post on signs and website for our volunteers and those who
> stop by.
>
> We are promoting an open space to welcome people as they are , and want to
> provide compassion-fueled support and listening and avoid closing people
> down or getting embroiled in any negativity or political discourse.
>
> Any advice is most welcome :)
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