COMMUNITY & CONVERSATION
LET’S GATHER
Find community events, town talks, and workshops in the St. Louis region. Bring your questions. Meet your neighbors. Leave with a new perspective.
UPCOMING GATHERINGS
New event dates will appear here when they’re confirmed. Ask Joan about the next gathering or suggest a topic you’d love to explore.
YOUR FIRST TOWN TALK
Expect guided conversation, shared stories, and time to hear one another. Our workshops draw on Joan’s teaching experience and books that help us talk across differences.
Each event listing will include its date, Central Time, location or online link, and registration details. Ask us about access needs before you attend.
THE CONVERSATIONS WE’VE SHARED
A community grows conversation by conversation. These events have already taken place; explore their topics and the ideas that brought people together.
October 3, 2026 • 3:00 PM–4:30 PM Central Time • SLCL Grant’s View. Join Joan and Meredith for a second Town Talks Town Hall! We’ll continue the conversation. Bring friends into the dialogue! Local voices, local action . . . grassroots. A return to Representative Demo
September 19, 2026 • 1:00 PM–2:30 PM Central Time • SLCL Cliff Cave. Please join Meredith Sumenek and Joan VonDras for a Town Talks Style Town Hall! Fred Wellman will start the event with a brief update on the campaign against Ann Wagner. Next, we’ll spend the bulk of
December 17, 2025 • 10:00 AM–12:00 PM Central Time. This TTL workshop will take you through a journey on how we begin to listen and talk with one another about our democracy, our politics and what matters to us as US citizens. Utilizing strategies and
November 18, 2025 • 7:00 PM–9:00 PM Central Time • First Presbyterian Church of Kirkwood. This TTL workshop will take you through a journey on how we begin to listen and talk with one another about our democracy, our politics and what matters to us as US citizens. Utilizing strategies and
November 17, 2025 • 10:00 AM–12:00 PM Central Time. This TTL workshop will take you through a journey on how we begin to listen and talk with one another about our democracy, our politics and what matters to us as US citizens. Utilizing strategies and
November 13, 2025 • 12:30 PM–2:30 PM Central Time. Let’s gather to discuss what concerns us regarding current policy that affects our community. We’ll embed this is an overview of how to engage in civil discourse, listen fully to understand and ask cu
October 22, 2025 • 10:00 AM–12:00 PM Central Time. This TTL workshop will take you through a journey on how we begin to listen and talk with one another about our democracy, our politics and what matters to us as US citizens. Utilizing strategies and
October 16, 2025 • 4:00 PM–8:00 PM Central Time • Grand Opera House. Looking for something to do in the greater St. Charles area or missed Do Something STL and want to connect? Join me! Click here for details!
September 30, 2025 • 12:30 PM–2:30 PM Central Time • SLCL Daniel Boone. Let’s re-envision the town hall by learning how to talk to one another! We’ll gather and share stories of who we are and why we are choosing to be engaged in Democracy! We’ll give a “book tasting” fro
LET’S GATHER. LET’S TALK. LET’S ACT.
Bring a question, a story, or simply your curiosity. There’s a place for you here.
St. Louis roots. Room for every perspective.