Community dinner in Tiverton will explore common connections

‘TogetherRI’ meeting set for April 25

Posted 4/16/18

TIVERTON — The Rhode Island Foundation invites residents of Tiverton, Portsmouth ad Little Compton to share their thoughts on issues that are important to them over a neighborly meal on …

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Community dinner in Tiverton will explore common connections

‘TogetherRI’ meeting set for April 25

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TIVERTON — The Rhode Island Foundation invites residents of Tiverton, Portsmouth ad Little Compton to share their thoughts on issues that are important to them over a neighborly meal on Wednesday, April 25. 

The community dinner is at the heart of “TogetherRI,” a new initiative from the Foundation designed to get people talking face-to-face again in a time when interactions over social media are becoming increasingly coarse and divisive.

The free dinner will run from 6-7:30 p.m. at the Sandywoods Center for the Arts, 43 Muse Way, Tiverton. People can register to attend at togetherri.org, but RSVPs are not required.

“We’re giving you the opportunity to listen, reconnect and inspire civil dialogue at a time when people are more ‘connected’ via social media, yet more disconnected from each other personally than ever,” said Neil D. Steinberg, the Foundation’s president and CEO. “Our hope is that participants will meet someone new and will leave knowing that their voice was heard.”

He said the event is for “everyone — no matter where they live or what they care about — to come together to strengthen social connections, to be heard, to discuss opportunities and challenges and to strengthen the foundation of our community.”

The dinner is among the 20 get-togethers scheduled across the state through May 5. The full schedule of events is posted on togetherri.org.

“Each and every Rhode Islander has a role to play in ensuring our collective success. These conversations will be a neutral place for dialogue on topics that are critical to our common future, and a place where we hope the recent tendency toward divisiveness and polarization will be left at the door,” said Mr. Steinberg.

Independent, professional facilitators will guide the sessions. The University of Rhode Island’s Social Science Institute for Research, Education, and Policy will review the information shared at TogetherRI conversations and from brief, anonymous, participant surveys. The Foundation expects to announce the top-line results at its annual meeting May 24 and to release a complete report this summer. 

For more information about The Rhode Island Foundation, visit rifoundation.org.

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