Reducing polarization
Linda Low PR Linda Low PR Reducing polarization Dialogue The first iteration of my facilitated dialogues began as a convening of colleges – Duke University, University of North Carolina, North Carolina State University, and North Carolina Central University (Durham’s Historically Black University) – to foster civil and political discourse. Students from across the political spectrum […]
Land ownership and sustainability
Linda Low PR Linda Low PR Land ownership and sustainability Dialogue In the face of historic opposition to its land management, a critical success for the Orange Water and Sewer Authority (OWASA) was a series of Forest Management Dialogues. Residents who owned lands near OWASA’s water reservoir for multiple generations opposed its land management plans. […]
Middle East Democracy Fellows
Linda Low PR Linda Low PR Middle East Democracy Fellows Dialogue At the Duke Center for International Development, Democracy Fellows from the Middle East and North Africa spent a month exploring models for civic participation and democracy. As part of their curriculum, I facilitated a full-day dialogue to change the pace and structure of the […]
Resiliency in the social service sector
Linda Low PR Linda Low PR Resilience in the social service sector Dialogue In a community where more than 70% of the population had a connection to 9/11 or wartime trauma (due to the proximity of a marine base), staff at the County social service agency for children faced increasing needs and were fatigued. At […]
Race, racism, and safety
Linda Low PR Linda Low PR Race, racism, and safety Dialogue Race and racism are hard to discuss. Isolation during COVID-19 makes it harder. Yet the nation’s reckoning with racism is prompting communities to have honest and authentic conversations. Over a three-part series, 20 people with diverse racial identities convened online to discuss race, racism, […]