Our Family Services' Center for Community Dialogue is committed to creating opportunities for our community to have discussions on important topics in a safe and respectful setting. Several of these opportunities are coming up this fall:

On September 10, the Center is partnering with the NAACP, the Tucson Southern Arizona Black Chamber of Commerce and the Tucson Jewish Community Center to host Project Hoodie: A Conversation on Race. This conversation is open to anyone interested in exploring the impact of discrimination and racism in Tucson. The event will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. September 10 at the Tucson Jewish Community Center, with registration beginning at 5 p.m.

On September 27, the Center is facilitating a communitywide dialogue sponsored by Project Civil Discourse: Mapping Arizona's Future and Pima Community College. Dialogue at seven locations throughout Arizona will be focused on the same conversation -- three key propositions that will be on Arizona's ballot in November. The Tucson discussion will be held from 6 p.m.-9 p.m. September 27 at Pima Community College's West Campus. Click for details and to register.

During this election season, the Center is also offering a series of five Democracy Circles sessions to help make our public discourse healthier, more vibrant and more inclusive. Participants will learn the skills they need as citizens (careful listening and productive participation) to help elevate the tone and content of discussion wherever they are. Sessions will be 5:30 p.m.-8 p.m. October 18 and 25, and November 1, 8 and 15, at Our Family's offices at 3830 E. Bellevue Street. Click for details.

For more information on the Center for Community Dialogue, contact Catherine Tornbom.