Common Ground

The Common Ground program is designed to give people of different ethnic backgrounds opportunities to engage in thoughtful conversation with each other.

Common Ground combines the structure of a program with the flexibility that relationships need in order to flourish. The program helps partner people who are different from each other, and encourages them to meet at least monthly. But the partners decide when and where their monthly meetings will happen. Every partnership is different.

The program also helps encourage conversation by providing a list of discussion questions each month. When you enroll in the program, you are added to the Common Ground email list and will receive new questions on the first of each month.

Common Ground participants are also invited to large-group meetings three or four times a year. Those meetings give people a chance to share their experiences, ask questions, and meet other Common Grounders in person. By subscribing to this list, you will also receive notifications of those meetings.

If you already have a partner you'd like to sign up with, include that person's name on the form below. If you need help finding a partner, let us know, and we'll do our best to match you with someone.

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