Name: Pastor David Hill Hometown: Oberlin, Ohio Sponsoring Organizations: The First Church in Oberlin United Church of Christ & United Citizen Power Circle Start Date: November 16th, 2017 What attracted you to the Circles? I was attracted by the opportunity to talk across difference in a structured way, which was really important to me…. Read more »
BY SARAH GOODWIN THIEL Post originally published by the Harwood Institute https://theharwoodinstitute.org/news/2018/7/5/calling-our-best-selves When one lives in the DC Metro area, the founding fathers are never far away. You see them everywhere – universities and institutes are named after them; books by and about them grace shop windows; they are memorialized at every turn –… Read more »
Name: Kim Crowley Hometown: West Hartford, CT Circle Start Date: September 2017   What do you do when you’re not running a Ben Franklin Circle? To earn a living, I teach, facilitate, tutor, coach, write, design instructional materials, and deliver workshops. My main love right now is facilitating Authentic Relating Games. The games create fun… Read more »
Name: Monica McCarthy Hometown: New York City Circle Start Date: June 12, 2017   What do you do when you’re not running a Ben Franklin Circle? I’m an actress, philosophic consultant and speaker, host of The Happier Hour: Philosophy To Help Life Suck Less (a live monthly event and soon-to-be-podcast), and Founding U.S. Faculty… Read more »
As Ben Franklin discovered hundreds of years ago, something magical happens when a group of people get together to engage in meaningful conversation: that circle of individuals becomes something far greater than the sum of its parts. A powerful, dynamic energy emerges from the group collective and creates access to all the combined energy, tools,… Read more »
Name: Ryan Cooke Hometown: Arlingotn Heights, Illinois Circle Start Date: March 8, 2018   What do you do when you’re not running a Ben Franklin Circle? By day, I’m a project manager at CultureIQ. We help organizations administer employee opinion/engagement surveys and drive culture and engagement initiatives. I spend the rest of my time… Read more »