November 22, 2009
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The Salon-Keeper's Companion

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The Study Circles Resource Center, in addition to the materials from which the preceding passages were excerpted, now offers the Public Talk Series, discussion aides designed to stimulate exploration of such issues as 'America's Role in the Middle East,' 'American Society and Economic Policy: What Should Our Goals Be?,' 'America's Role in the World,' and 'The Changing Shape of Security in Europe.' Several others in the series, which is free of charge, are due out this year covering such topics as cultural diversity, universal health care, economic conversion, and the death penalty. SCRC invites suggestions for other topics that groups wpuld be interested in discussing.

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For their Introduction to Study Circles and other materials, call or write them at the address listed in the accompanying resource box.

Conclusion

Salons, council, and study circles are just a few of the countless ways a group of people can interact. The form your group embraces and evolves into will be unique to your particular mix of personalities and goals. We'd like to keep in touch with you, to find out what your experience is, what problems you're having, and where you could use some support. We'll report back to you and other salons about what works and what doesn't. We may find a way to do this in Utne Reader–please send snapshots of your group, two to five people per frame. We also may develop a newsletter to provide you with feedback and to link this remarkable expanding network.

Remember, think globally, act vocally.

—Eric Utne, 1991

Salon Resources

Study Circles

Free information is available from:

Study Circles Resource Center
Route 169, Box 203
Pomfret, CT 06258
203/928-2616
scrc@studycircles.org
www.studycircles.org

Council

An instruction booklet on Council by Jack Zimmerman and Virginia Coyle is available for $2.50, and a 38-minute video called Speaking from the Heart is available for $25 (or get both for $26 + postage) from:

The Ojai Foundation
9739 Ojai-Santa Paula Road
Ojai, CA 93023
Voice:805.646.8343
Fax: 805.646.2456
contact@ojaifoundation.org
www.ojaifoundation.org

Electronic Salons

The WELL
The granddaddy of virtual communities
www.well.com

 

Printed copies of The Salon-keeper's Companion are available online as a part of the "Conversation Collection" of the Utne Book Store. Click here for detials.

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