Monthly Archives: March 2017
Our next Columbia University Seminar, Mon., May 15, 7-9 pm, on “Addictive Technology”
What kind of Citizen are YOU?
Just want to add a second “thinking tool”: this TED talk by the author of SOUL OF A CITIZEN, Paul Loeb, on the three simple but inspiring ways you can become an activist citizen in challenging times like these: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mecvrIkcdAc
What kind of Citizen are YOU?
As you start considering your contribution to next week’s Salon, you may find the attached thinking tool useful in discovering which kind of citizen you are: Personally Responsible, Participatory, Social Justice-Oriented — or perhaps a different one of your own?!
Please come to share your experiences, knowledge, and wisdom…
CITIZEN YOU
What was one of your proudest moments as a Citizen?
Who has been an outstanding Citizen during your lifetime?
What does being a Citizen mean right now, to you?
How is Citizenship similar to, or different from:
patriotism, political participation, lawfulness, and civic discourse?
How should we connect with our fellow Citizens?
What strengthens and what undermines Citizenship?
What does it mean to be a “Citizen of the World,
as Socrates, Thomas Paine, and Albert Einstein
declared themselves to be?
Monthly Conversations New York Socrates Salon
hosted by Ron Gross
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
6:00 sharp (please arrive by 5:45) – 8:00
Adelphi University’s Manhattan Center
75 Varick Street , 2ND floor
To reserve a place, please register by RSVP to GrossAssoc
Suggested readings (optional): Soul of a Citizen: Living with Conviction in Challenging Times, by Paul Rogat Loeb;
Socratic Citizenship, by Dana Villa; Citizen, by Claudia Rankin (poetry).
Subways: #1 to Canal (building is on same block); A, C. or E to Canal; J, N, Q, R, W, Z or #6 to Canal.
All these Canal Street stations are within walking distance of the building. Bus: M20 stops at the front door.
Government-issued ID required for entry to building, please.
Excellent take-out can be purchased at THE MILL, www.THEMILLTOGO.COM,
located next to the building, and brought to the meeting.
Conversations New York (www.conversationsnewyork.com) is a community of volunteers which has promoted more and better conversations among New Yorkers by such activities as quarterly CONVERSATION DAYS, these monthly Conversations, an on-line calendar featuring 1,000 conversations a year, and the first national symposium on The Power of Conversation, held at Columbia University.
To receive further information about this session and ensuing ones,
please send an e-mail to Ron Gross at grossassoc
Ronald Gross
Co-chair, University Seminar on Innovation
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
universityseminars.columbia.edu
516 487-0235 (E-mail preferred)
E-MAIL: GrossAssoc@aol.com
WEBSITES:
http://www.ConversationsNewYork.com
Dose of Gross on CONVERSATION
“I particularly value conversations which are meetings on the borderline of what I understand and what I don’t, with people who are different from myself.”
Theodore Zeldin, author, Conversation: How Talk Can Change Our Lives From: Ron Gross, Founder/Director, CONVERSATIONS NEW YORK (www.conversationsnewyork.com)
Ronald Gross
Co-chair, University Seminar on Innovation
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
universityseminars.columbia.edu
516 487-0235 (E-mail preferred)
E-MAIL: GrossAssoc
WEBSITES:
www.SocratesWay.com
www.ConversationsNewYork.com
www.OlderBetterWiser.com
www.RonaldGross.com
“Theater Artists Respond to the Trump Era”, Mon., March 20, 7-9 pm, Columbia University — RSVP required
Announcing our next CNY CONVERSATION DAY on Sat., June 3rd, and upcoming Leader’s Conclave on March 29th.
We are delighted to announce that our next quarterly CNY Conversation Day will be on Saturday, June 3rd, Noon-5:00, at the Adelphi University Manhattan Center.
We will finalize plans for this milestone event at our Leadership Conclave on Wed., March 29th, 8:15-9:30, after our monthly Conversation from from 6:00 – 8:00 (attached). We will discuss 12 significant upgrades which will make this the most successful Conversation Day yet — and each Host will receive a copy of Conversations: How Talk Can Change Our Lives, by Theodore Zeldin, as a token of our appreciation.
Will you join us on March 29th?
Appreciatively,
RON
Ronald Gross
Founder-Director
CONVERSATIONS NEW YORK
http://www.conversationsnewyork.com
Co-chair, University Seminar on Innovation
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
universityseminars.columbia.edu
516 487-0235 (E-mail preferred)
E-MAIL: GrossAssoc
Dose of Gross on CONVERSATION
“I’ve found that if I say what I’m really thinking and feeling, people are more likely to say what they really think and feel. The conversation becomes a real conversation.”
Carol Gilligan, author, In a Different Voice
Attached: Our next Conversation, on CITIZEN YOU, on Wed., March 29th.
Ronald Gross
Founder/Director
CONVERSATIONS NEW YORK
www.conversationsnewyork.com
"Let's Talk, New York!" 