The First Common Moment
Six strangers. One table. Forty-five minutes of structured difference. No phones, no resolutions — just a question and a witness. We logged twenty-three new members.
A student-founded, student-run space for dialogue across difference. Build the self. Build the community.
Six strangers. One table. Forty-five minutes of structured difference. No phones, no resolutions — just a question and a witness. We logged twenty-three new members.
Forty-second rotations. The prompt this week: "What is something you've changed your mind about recently?" Several attendees said the answer surprised them more than the question.
We met at the trailhead. We left with three bags of trash and a working draft for the summer cohort. Outside service is back on the calendar for June.
Eleven people brought eleven objects. A house key. A grandmother's coin. A ticket stub. The room got quiet in a way that felt important.
First training session for the Facilitator track. The work: holding space without filling it. Next cohort opens in the fall — applications via Get Involved.
Common Ground branches into two roots — Self and Community. Each root extends into pathways. Each pathway opens into a practice. Move through the tree.
Three doors. Walk through whichever one fits where you are right now. You can always change.
Come to one event. No commitment, no badge, no name tag. Sit, listen, leave. See if the room feels like something you want more of.
Next event →Apply to the Facilitator or Event Lead track. You'll learn how to hold a room. Cohorts run twice a year, with a Common Moment graduation.
Apply →Sign up for an Outside (community) or Inside (org-support) service drop. Bring a friend. Bring water. We supply the rest.
See drops →Common Ground is held up by the organizations and individuals who share the practice. We are still small, on purpose.
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Six strangers. One table. Forty-five minutes…
Forty-second rotations…
We met at the trailhead…
Eleven people brought eleven objects…
First training session…