What If Brantford/Brant Citizens Gathered Consistently to Have Conversations Important to Them?

Community Conversations offer a regular space for you to discuss what is important to you, cultivate enduring relationships, and shape new possibilities

FOR JUST UNDER A YEAR NOW, Community Living Brant has been hosting 90-minute gatherings every two weeks with an intention to Cultivate the Brantford/Brant Community. We hold steadfastly to a pattern of small-group dialogue, led by carefully crafted questions, followed by light whole-group reflection. Each dialogue round deepens connection and enlivens possibility between and amongst those who participate.

The intention, form, time and date do not change. These can be counted upon and offer a stable, welcoming, and predictable pattern.

A small group of facilitator-hosts and community members meets 30 minutes prior to each call to sense into what is alive in community. We then weave this all together to shape the questions we'll invite you to explore in dialogue with other participants. Our questions are always general enough to invite what is important to you and precise enough to encourage deeper understanding and emerging possibility.

This liberates us to be open to what is alive in the moment as we shape the subject for each week's conversation.

Relying on well-worn practices we host a generative space for connection, conversation, and light collaboration.

WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN US for the next in our series of conversations to surface new possibilities for community on Tuesday, May 31, from 3:00 - 4:30 pm.

If you would like to experience:

• A safe place to explore new ideas
• Genuine connection with staff and peers
• Open dialogue
• The magic of a triad
• Reaffirm your goals, learn, and pass on your knowledge
• Feeling supported and listened to
• A fresh and creative space
• Feeling less hurried
• Letting go
• Shift in work culture

If so, these conversations might be for you. These are purely invitational, there is no pressure to come! Feel free to join us for one, a few, all, or none!

If you do choose to join us, we ask that you:

• Arrive on time and commit to being fully present for the whole gathering
• Come prepared to listen to and learn from others
• Be ready to share your stories and gifts

YOU MUST REGISTER IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE LINK FOR THESE ZOOM CALLS.

Community Living is inclusive by nature and the more we connect and come to know each other the richer all of our lives will be. 

You are invited to invite anyone who you believe would also enjoy joining us. These conversations are small and intimate. We form small groups so everyone can find their voice. As participatory as they are, you can participate as much or as little as you like!

SAVE THESE DATES!

We will be gathering every two weeks on Tuesdays from 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. on the following dates (registration links to come):

• Tuesday, May 31, 2022 (Register on this page)
• Tuesday, June 14, 2022 (Register here)
• Tuesday, June 28, 2022 (Register here)
• Tuesday, July 12, 2022
• Tuesday, July 26, 2022

This event is supported by Axiom News. If you have any questions, write to events@axiomnews.com.

The event image features a portion of sketchnotes from the May 17 Community Living Brant Community Conversation by Yvonne Hollandy of Axiom News. See the full version below: