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What Turns a Crowd into a Community?

What Turns a Crowd into a Community?
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Conversation Catalysts

At Premise, a Conversation Catalyst is a short story, essay, film, or poem that sparks reflection and connection. It’s the shared reference point that grounds each session and opens the door to meaningful and deep conversation.

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Ideas for readings or films?

We’d love to hear your suggestions for stories, essays, films, or poems that could spark rich conversation at Premise. Our texts are short (under 3 hours to prepare), substantive enough for deep discussion, and accessible to a wide audience.

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Conversation Catalysts

At Premise, a Conversation Catalyst is a short story, essay, film, or poem that sparks reflection and connection. It’s the shared reference point that grounds each session and opens the door to meaningful and deep conversation.

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Text Set A

Session Description

Text Set A

Session Description

Conversation Catalysts

At Premise, a Conversation Catalyst is a short story, essay, film, or poem that sparks reflection and connection. It’s the shared reference point that grounds each session and opens the door to meaningful and deep conversation.

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Text Set B

Session Description

At Premise, we’re always growing. Our sessions are shaped not only by the enduring questions we ask but also by the ideas and contributions of our participants and Chapter Leaders. We are a constructivist learning community, which means we build our learning experiences together.


More text sets for this question are on the way. Each one will follow our approach: short enough to prepare in under three hours, substantial and thought-provoking enough to spark deep discussion, and accessible to a wide audience.


In the meantime, we’d love to hear from you. If you have a suggestion for a story, essay, film, or poem that belongs here, please share it in the section below.

Text Set A

Session Description

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