urban dialogues

Urban is more than that which pertains to cities and towns.

To be urban is:

to acknowledge there are things we can do together that we cannot do alone and, therefore, to engage in collective practice

to recognize that we do not live in isolation but in context(s)

to integrate social, political, environmental, cultural, and physical contexts into our individual considerations

to act with a public mind

to value human relationships and to build social capital

Dialogue is more than a conversation carried on between two or more persons.

To engage in dialogue is:

to acknowledge that often it is the questions that matter, not the answers

to communicate constructively

to value things seldom said or not held in common

to make the familiar strange

to actively reconsider one’s position

to elicit responses you may not want to hear

to be willing to be wrong and unpopular