Voices of Xenia

On the Trail: I Got a Job

If you are regular readers of this blog, then you know that I have been writing about my work as a volunteer on a congressional campaign.  I have covered a number of topics including: the power of money in politics, the unconventional workplace of a campaign and the ambiguity that comes with not being in a traditional work environment,  the pace of... [Read more of this post]

When It Hits Home: ideas through dialogue

Last week, after the pre-screening of the film One in Three, The Xenia Institute facilitated a public dialogue session with the screening attendees.  We asked the group leaders to report ideas that the groups came up with and topics for further discussion.  These ideas and topics are in raw form, but it is our hope that they might be considered carefully... [Read more of this post]

Pondering Dialogue…

Seeing as you, my readers, are checking out a dialogue organization website I can only guess you share my interest in this particular issue. Working from this shared interest, I want to ponder on what it means to dialogue with others in a meaningful way, and  how dialogue is being promoted and carried out, (particularly interfaith dialogue). These... [Read more of this post]

Crossing into Privileged Spaces

Got privilege? Most of us in the United States do, actually. We got privilege*, and we have a tendency to walk through the world not even aware that it floats around us like a protective bubble. The problem with that bubble, being see-through, is it’s pretty hard to spot and even trickier to explain. Not only to other people, but especially to... [Read more of this post]

What Bayh’s Retirement Tells Us About Ourselves

Bayh has always been shall we say a frustrating sort. Never a profile in courage. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg Content © 2010 Newscom All rights reserved. This marks perhaps the kindest response from the liberal blogosphere to Evan Bayh’s decision to leave the Senate.  Michael Tomasky’s thoughts from across the pond (The Guardian is published in... [Read more of this post]

How We Live Matters: City Design in the Modern Age, Part 1

Oklahoma City skyline, circa 1955 -This is part one in a series about city design and the perception of modern-day communities- It’s a sunny winter day as I maneuver my bicycle from Norman’s Boyd Street to Porter Avenue and finally onto Main Street, rolling toward my favorite coffee shop. The gears click harmoniously with my perpetual leg... [Read more of this post]

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