20/10/2026
Don't miss Pacifica Institute's next America250 Lecture!
"Saying the Whole Sentence: Why We Don’t Talk to Each Other Anymore, and How to Fix It" with April Lawson, founder of Insight Debate & Dialogue.
Many of us have quietly learned to stop short of the full sentence: to soften the question, swallow the disagreement, and wait for someone else to go first. What is that habit costing us in our friendships, our faith communities, and our public life?
Drawing on years of facilitating debate and dialogue on campuses and in communities, April Lawson explores why speaking honestly has become so hard, and what religious traditions already know about disagreement, accountability, and repair. Together, we’ll consider what it would take to build rooms where people can say what they actually think and stay in relationship afterward.
Audience conversation and dinner will follow.
📅 Friday, October 30, 6:00-8:00 PM
📍Pacifica Institute, 539 E Weddell Dr Sunnyvale, CA 94089
Register, https://lnkd.in/gEM35VVy