Civil conversation can deepen understanding and strengthen relationships. Through a grant from the Fetzer Institute, and in our role as a community convenor, WGVU is partnering with Fetzer, Reunited States, and Living Room Conversations to provide resources useful in guiding dialog about issues important in our lives.

We invite you to explore these resources by engaging others in conversation with the goal of sharing stories that help to shape our beliefs. Living Room Conversations offers a simple, sociable, and structured way to practice communicating across differences while building understanding and relationships. Rather than debating or convincing others, we take turns talking to share, learn, and be curious.

Past Event: Reunited States Film screening and discussion held in September 2022 between Floyd Cook of the NAACP and Joy Gaasch of the Chamber for Grand Haven, Spring Lake, and Ferrysburg. 

Upcoming Event: Building Trust Across America: One Relationship at a Time

 March 23, 2023

WGVU Morning Show interview with Hope College student leaders speaking about the value of civil discourse.

WGVU Newsmakers interview with Dave Isay, the creator of One Small Step: an effort to remind the country of the humanity in all of us, even with those with whom we disagree.