The Common Ground Network for Life and Choice Manual
The Common Ground Network for Life and Choice Manual
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Appendix 3.6<br />
COMMON GROUND DIALOGUE WORKSHOP<br />
4 Hour schedule<br />
8:30 - 9:00 Check-in (coffee <strong>and</strong> pastry available)<br />
9:00 - 9:30 Opening large group session<br />
• Welcome<br />
• Purpose <strong>and</strong> ground rules of the workshop<br />
• Introductions<br />
• What is dialogue? What does it mean to search <strong>for</strong> “common<br />
ground”?<br />
• Break into small groups (break at 9:25)<br />
9:30 - 11:00 Small group dialogue (4 to 6 participants with pro-choice, pro-life balance, <strong>and</strong><br />
a facilitator)<br />
• How have you come to your viewpoint on abortion?<br />
11:00 - 11:15 BREAK<br />
11:15 - 12:15 Small group dialogue (same group)<br />
• Asking genuine questions: What do you really want to ask someone on the<br />
“other side” ?<br />
• What is in the “common ground” ? What overlap do you see between prolife<br />
<strong>and</strong> pro-choice values <strong>and</strong> concerns?<br />
12:15 - 12:45 Large group discussion<br />
• Sharing Insights gained, things learned during the dialogue.<br />
• What is in the “common ground”, the area of overlap?<br />
• What next?<br />
12:45 Evaluations <strong>and</strong> Closing<br />
1:00 End
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