Learning Applied - Dialogue to Address Child Healthcare in the Congo
Over the month we've been in the Congo, the Zeidler Center has been graciously hosted by Rally International/Nouvelle Communaute de...
Reviving the Baraza: First Week of Zeidler Facilitator Training in the DR Congo
"This teaching reminds me of the Baraza. It's a tradition that is now dying as we move away from our tribes and into urban areas. I...
"Listening as an Act of Love"
The Zeidler Center's mission is to foster civil dialogue and invite trust in the midst of differences. Within our dialogues, deep...
Making a Space for Discovery
Reflective Structured Dialogue (RSD)is the method used by the Zeidler Center in Milwaukee. The basic tools of that method come from the...
Curiosity: The Foundation of Understanding
Hearing my granddaughter Zadie rehearse the musical scales with her violin recently, it reminded me that music, art, and other...
2016
“Rick, I think you’ve thrown in the towel!” A good friend of mine had thrown down the gauntlet! He thought I was taking the ‘why fight...
The Gift that Keeps on Giving
Looking for the gift that keeps on giving? Or the gift for the person who has everything? How about the gift of ‘civil conversation.’ ...
Listen to Ferguson. See Milwaukee.
Rick Deines, a conversation facilitator with The Zeidler Center for Public Discussion and a Milwaukee resident for 33 years, asks what...
Marking the 103rd birthday of Frank Zeidler
A Frank Zeidler Tribute— Frank and I knew one another over a 35 year period. In this very building he was part of the committee that...
Waiting for the Barbarians
What Does the Empire Fear? Our extended family chooses a short (100 pages or less) book to read and discuss when on holiday. A few weeks...
