National Week of Conversation: Film Screening

1800 Main Street,Tupelo MS 38801

17 April, 2023

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Monday, April 17, 5pm to 7:30pmLink Centre Reception Hall (entrance on Stephen D. Lee) Box Dinner and Film Screening of The Abortion Talks After the 1994 shooting at two Boston-area abortion clinics, leaders from each side of the abortion debate met in secret for years. This 2022 documentary follows the subsequent murder trial and the six women who literally changed the abortion dialogue. Two Murders. One Trial. Six Women. Six Years. Two Sides. Zero Compromise. One Dialogue.  Preregistration is required. What is National Week of Conversation? National Week of Conversation was created for those exhausted by division and hatred. You’re invited to bring your passion for issues in an environment where you can be heard. We welcome all Americans, across our many differences, into conversations that can rekindle relationships and help us relearn how to be the “we” we know we can be. Problem: We are breaking apart. The way we demonize each other because of our different beliefs – what we call “toxic polarization” – is a huge threat to our families, communities, and country. It’s increasingly hitting close to home causing breakdown from the dinner table to family vacation, from the workplace to worship services. We must reverse this trend! Solution: Large scale opportunity for creating connection. Experts around the globe endorse guided, face-to-face conversation across differences as one of the most powerful tools available to remove the biases, stereotypes, and misperceptions before they have the opportunity to rip societies apart. By engaging 1:1 and in small groups, we remind ourselves that the “other” is – just like us – a person with family, friends, hopes, fears, values, and worth. National Week of Conversation provides a simple, powerful, and proven opportunity for Americans to gain this fresh and healing perspective – either directly or vicariously. To kick off the National Week of Conversation, as an inspiration to bridging divides and overcoming differences, we are highlighting the screening of the documentary film “The Abortion Talks” on Monday, April 17, 5:30-7:30 pm CT, sponsored by Civic Health Project. NWOC is hosting the film in Oxford, MS, and Tupelo, MS. About Listen First Project https://www.listenfirstproject.org/pledge