The Westport Library is launching its new Common Ground Initiative, a forum designed to encourage a public discourse on today”™s important issues.
The Common Ground Initiative officially launches on May 2, at 7:00 p.m, with a conversation between Rep. Roy Blunt (R-MO) and noted attorney Steve Parrish. Blunt will appear virtually, via the videowall in the Library”™s Trefz Forum, while Parrish will appear in person.
“In recent years, and in so many capacities and on so many stages, we have witnessed a breakdown of decorum in public conversation and people focusing on that which divides us, not what unites us,” said Bill Harmer, Westport Library executive director. “We have seen that nationally as well as locally. But we have also witnessed, particularly in Westport, a great capacity for kindness, compassion, and compromise. It is those ideals that we want to strive for, and we look forward to the Common Ground Initiative in helping us find that balance.”
Photo: Rep. Roy Blunt, courtesy of Westport Library
