Leading+with+questions,+connecting+across+differences

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**Leading with questions, connecting across differences ** Kelli Covey, Associate Director, Center for Civic Reflection [kcovey@civicreflection.org]

Adam Davis, Director, Center for Civic Reflection [adavis@civicreflection.org]


 * Keywords:** Reflective discussion, civic reflection, reflection techniques


 * Track:** Higher education student outcomes


 * Format:** Symposium

This workshop will introduce participants to reflective discussion as practiced by the Center for Civic Reflection (CCR) and its partners (including higher education institutions as well as others involved with civic engagement). Attendees will have the unique opportunity to connect with one another through meaningful discussions about the values, beliefs and questions that guide their work and by exploring their perspectives on engagement and impact.
 * Summary**

CCR’s mission is to help people and organizations build community, deepen understanding, and strengthen commitment by exploring the meaning, value, and impact of the good work they do in the world.

This workshop will introduce participants to the practice of civic reflection and it will help participants see how civic reflection can impact the work we do together. Civic reflection discussions often utilize the humanities—short, provocative, readings, images, or videos—in order to help participants focus on deep questions and values that underlie our civic/public work. Open-ended questions and reflective inquiry are among the chief goals here, rather than drawing concrete conclusions or seeking consensus.

Over 14 years of practice, CCR increasingly seen civic reflection discussions have an impact in three main areas:

- Clarity for the individual – increased awareness of one’s own values, assumptions, and beliefs, along with increased awareness and respect for the differing values of others; -Community – stronger sense of connectedness and enhanced relationships and communities; -Commitment – feeling of being renewed, sustained, and more committed to civic work and activity.

Our immediate goals for this symposium are two ‐ fold—1) to provide a meaningful forum for participants, and 2) to help participants develop a clear understanding of how this practice can build community, encourage imagination, and connect people’s different ways of understanding the world.

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