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Description
Charlotte is growing and changing rapidly. Our neighborhoods are more diverse than ever which can bring about challenges but also opportunity. In this training, we will be joined by Janeen Bryant who will help us learn tangible ways we can be better neighbors as our neighborhoods transition. This training will focus on how to:
- Plan impactful conversations to share and discuss important issues
- Understand conflict as a part of the process
- Prioritize needs and follow-up with real outcomes
A
All
right
well
good
evening.
My
name
is
nichelle
wilson
and
I
am
the
neighborhood
training
and
development
program
manager
with
the
city
of
charlotte's
community
engagement
division.
Thank
you
all
for
joining
us
tonight
tonight.
We
have
a
training
that
will
be
facilitated
by
janine
bryant
and
it
is
a
good
gathering.
Listening
and
sharing
when
neighborhoods
are
in
transition.
A
A
She
currently
serves
serves
director
of
operations
for
creed,
north
carolina
center
for
racial
equity
in
education
in
north
carolina,
a
graduate
of
davidson
college
with
a
ba
in
anthropology.
She
completed
her
master
of
science
degree
in
leadership
and
management,
while
serving
as
the
vice
president
of
education
and
at
the
levine
museum
of
the
new
south.
Ms
brian
is
known
widely
as
a
facilitator
and
community
center
program
developer,
both
regionally
and
nationally,
in
2015,
as
regional
director
south
for
leadership
for
equity.
I'm
sorry
for
educational
equity.
A
A
Her
writing
can
be
seen
in
the
newspaper,
I'm
sorry,
her
writing
can
be
seen
in
that
newspaper
and
other
industry
specific
contributions,
such
as
the
math
action,
museum
and
museum
as
site
and
social
action
toolkit
and
the
museum
for
and
race
a
recovering
candidate
for
the
charlotte
mecklenburg
school
board.
Janine
can
likely
be
found
at
home
with
her
daughter
and
two
dogs
when
not
traveling.
Please
welcome
janine
bryant.
B
B
We
do
we
were
going
to
have
a
fun
time
tonight,
so,
just
to
give
you
kind
of
an
overview
of
what
we
have
going
on
tonight,
we
will
be
doing
a
little
bit
of
setting
the
table.
So
I
I
talk
a
lot
about
tables
and
putting
things
on
tables
and
making
sure
that
we
are
addressing
real
issues.
So
any
training
that
you
will
see
me
facilitate
I'm
trying
to
give
you
some
tools
and
tips
strategies
around
addressing
real
issues
that
you
may
actually
run
into.
B
So
we're
going
to
talk
about
the
nuts
and
bolts
of
planning,
an
impactful
conversation,
particularly
if
you're,
sharing
and
discussing
across
important
issues
and
we're
going
to
talk
about
the
role
that
conflict
may
take
play
in
that,
because
conflict
is
a
part
of
any
process,
and
so
we
can
make
make
peace
kind
of
with
conflict.
Then
we
can
use
it
and
leverage
it
as
a
part
of
a
plan,
a
planning
strategy
for
any
work
that
we're
doing
together
and
then
last
is
thinking
about
okay.
B
So
what
priorities
are
emerging
from
our
conversation
tonight
and
then
how
do
we
follow
up?
So
we
can
have
a
good
gathering,
okay,
so
I
did
want
to
let
us
set
the
table
just
a
little
bit
and
actually
jenna.
Could
you
refresh
your
set?
So
we
can.
We
can
do
a
quick
review
of
what
it
looks
like
for
us,
because
I
noticed
that
there
are
a
few
of
you
who
were
here
with
us
before.
Could
you
drop
a
one
in
the
chat?
B
If
you
were
here
with
us
a
few
weeks
ago,
when
we
were
talking
about
being
a
bridge
builder,
could
you
drop
a
one
in
the
chat?
For
me,
john,
I
am
pretty
sure
you
were
pretty
there.
You
go
okay,
I
know
john
was
anybody
else
who
was
here
with
us
previously?
Okay?
Well,
if
it's
your
first
time
with
me,
could
you
drop
a
two
in
the
chat.
B
Oh,
hey,
phillip:
how
are
you
okay,
fantastic
hi
denise?
How
are
you
hi,
bernice
good,
to
see
you
hi
jeff,
maddie,
good,
to
see
you
and
nice
to
meet
you
all
right?
So
we
do
have
a
couple
people
who
are
new
to
the
gang.
So
let
me
give
a
little
bit.
I
want
to
give
a
little
bit
of
a
review
of
what
we
did
previously
and
kind
of
set
the
tone
for
how
we're
going
to
talk
to
each
other
tonight.
B
B
B
But
if
you
do
it
beforehand,
like
complimenting
your
neighbor
about
something
you
see
in
that
yard,
offering
to
do
a
little
trimming
while
you're
doing
your
own
trimming
for
your
own
hedges,
you
might
find
that
you
can
build
a
bridge
that
way
give
what
you
have
a
number
of
neighbors,
particularly
during
the
pandemic,
because
we
are
in
a
moment
that
is
very
unique
for
all
of
us
have
offered
to
give
and
share
plants,
and
that's
been
really
wonderful.
People
were
offering
and
giving
sourdough
starters
all
over
communities
all
over
north
carolina.
B
I
think
it's
happening
all
over
the
southeast.
People
are
sharing
their
starters,
so
they
can
share
bread
recipes
and
so
those
that
kind
of
willingness
to
give
and
offer
is
quite
helpful
in
particularly
during
a
pandemic.
You
just
have
to
be
careful
about
your
sanitizing
and
your
sharing
and
social
distancing,
but
then
the
last
one
is
a
post,
quarantine,
gathering
or
block
party,
and
so
this
is
the
one
where
we're
kind
of
transitioning
into
our
conversation
for
tonight,
because
we're
talking
about
the
art
of
a
good
gathering.
B
And
so,
if
you
haven't
been
with
me
before,
and
a
number
of
you
haven't,
I
do
a
lot
of
engagement
through
the
chat,
and
so
you
you'll
see
me,
ask
you
questions
about
that.
So
please
look
alive
because
I
will
ask
you
to
respond
and
answer
questions
in
the
chat
and
then,
as
we
get
further
on,
I
will
actually
unmute
some
of
you.
So
we
can
hear
your
voices
as
we're
going
forward.
B
All
right
so
now,
let's
think
about
what
it
means
to
set
the
table
and
we're
gonna
use
the
word
gathering
because
we're
talking
about
a
good
gathering.
So
if
I
could
in
the
chat
when
you
hear
the
word
gathering,
which
is
there
at
the
bottom
of
the
screen,
could
you
populate
the
chat
and
just
let
me
know
what's
the
first
thing
that
comes
to
mind
when
you
see
the
word
gathering.
B
And
anybody
can
respond
here
in
the
chat,
people
right
friends,
family
socialize,
excellent
community,
absolutely
trusted
spaces
with
friends,
mm-hmm
group
of
people,
yep
hi
maribel.
It's
good
to
see
you
again.
So
these
the
word
gathering
always
makes
us
think
of
like
a
group,
socializing
and
kind
of
makes
us
think
of
knitting
together.
So
gathering
our
group.
But
then
stephanie
has
added
the
word
trusted
and
I
think
that
word
trusted
goes
right
in
hand
with
community
and
socializing
and
friends
and
family.
B
We
often
gather
because
we
are
in
a
moment
of
trust
and
to
get
to
that
trust.
We've
got
to
do
some
work
because
a
good
gathering
is
not
just
it
just
doesn't
happen
spontaneously.
We
actually
have
to
put
some
effort
into
it
and
so
we're
going
to
do
some
work
around
like
what
does
it
mean
to
have
a
good
gathering,
and
I
want
to
show
you
a
few
things
that
we've
heard
previously.
B
So
we've
heard
things
like
community
people,
just
like
you
said
connection
history,
table
planning,
food
sharing,
listening
talking
and
gratitude,
so
there's
actually
an
author
that
has
done
some
work
around
good
gatherings
and
you
may
be
familiar
with
her
work
as
priya
parker.
She
literally
wrote
a
book
called
the
art
of
gathering,
and
I
just
want
to
take
a
moment
to
read
this
quote
here
where
it
says
a
gathering
begins
at
the
moment
of
invitation.
B
It
doesn't
begin
when
people
walk
in
the
room,
and
I
thought
this
is
a
really
poignant
quote
actually,
because
it
gives
us
an
opportunity
to
think
about
the
intentionality
behind
gathering
and
the
intentionality
of
anytime
you're,
trying
to
make
space
to
share
and
learn
from
each
other
a
lot
of
times.
We
are
in
conversation
with
each
other
as
adults
we
gather,
but
sometimes
we
don't
exchange
information.
We
gather,
and
we
kind
of
just
are
around
people,
but
not
necessarily
truly
and
authentically
engaging
with
them.
B
So
our
conversation
today
will
be
around
the
way
that
you
all
define
gathering
through
connection
and
sharing
and
listening
and
socializing
and
trusting
so
there's
parts
of
that
right.
That
will
require
that
we
think
differently
about
how
we
gather
into
groups
and
that
we
also
address
the
possibility
of
even
having
conflict.
B
So
I
just
wanted
to
share
a
couple
of
examples
of
of
listing
and
sharing
and
some
tools
you
might
use
going
forward.
So
if
you've
ever
been
with
me
and
you've
heard
me
talk
about
a
process
called
on
the
table,
that's
an
engagement
strategy
really,
and
so
it
involves
listening
and
sharing
listening
and
sharing
is
something
that
any
of
us
can
learn
to
do,
and
I
believe
listening
is
a
skill.
B
So
a
lot
of
times
we
talk
about
with
someone
will
say:
are
you
listening
to
me?
Yes,
but
what
you're
literally
doing
is
hearing
the
words
that
they're,
saying
and
so
listening
and
sharing
is
a
reciprocal
process.
So
it's
not
transactional,
it
can
be
transformational.
So
it's
not
just
you
know
like
like
money
at
a
cash
register.
It
can
be
a
process
in
which
you
engage
with
somebody
and
build
and
grow
your
ideas.
B
So
here's
a
couple
of
tips
that
we
have
for
listing
and
sharing
one
make
time
for
everyone
to
participate.
So
if
you're
gathering,
whether
it's
in
your
neighborhood
or
a
group
of
friends,
making
sure
that
everyone
participates
requires
an
actual
level
of
skills,
because
when
you're
sharing
in
a
group
is
often
that
someone
can
can
be
left
out-
and
it's
not
always
intentional,
but
you
got
to
make
time
enough.
B
One
way
to
to
be
intentional
about
building
space,
for
everyone
is
to
make
time
so
literally
try
to
give
enough
time
so
that
everyone
can
share
the
next
one
is
inviting
guests
to
share
and
expand
on
ideas.
So
even
in
this
gathering
that
we're
having
here
virtually
there'll
be
time
where
I
call
out
your
name
specifically,
because
I'm
asking
you
to
share
more
and
for
you
to
build
on
an
idea.
B
For
example,
last
week,
two
weeks
ago,
john
was
sharing
some
story.
He's
lived
here
for
quite
a
while,
and
he
was
sharing
some
stories
about
having
lived
here
and
what
he
learned
to
do
to
become
a
better
bridge
builder.
And
so
he
expanded
on
those
ideas
not
only
in
the
chat.
But
then
he
was
able
to
unmute
and
share
to
the
entire
group,
which
is
what
I'll
ask
you
all
to
do
in
just
a
moment.
B
The
next
one
is
acknowledge
that
agreement
and
consensus
may
not
be
the
goal
so
sometimes,
if
you're,
sharing
or
learning,
particularly
when
it
when
it's
with
neighbors,
when
it's
with
neighbors,
you
may
not
all
agree,
and
we
are
not
often
taught
that
it's
okay
for
us
to.
We
just
don't
agree
and
that's
okay,
and
so
this
other
portion
here
is,
I
think,
important
as
well.
If
you're
a
host-
and
you
are
welcoming
people
into
a
gathering
or
you're
the
one,
that's
intentionally
inviting
we
ask
that
you
resist
centering
one
story.
B
So,
if
you're
giving
a
space
to
share
and
you're
trying
to
build
in
participation,
you
have
to
not
only
share
the
space
secure,
the
actual
space.
You
have
to
share
time
as
well
right,
and
so
we
also
said
possibly
even
food.
So
obviously,
if
you're,
if
you're,
trying
to
gather
during
quarantine,
we
encourage
you
to
to
do
that
virtually
so.
B
B
But
the
last
one
is
really
important
too,
because
you
don't
want
to
be
the
one.
That's
necessarily
promoting
argument
are
to
be
unproductive
now.
Why
is
all
these
important?
Why
are
these
important?
Because,
as
we
go
forward,
let's
talk
about
what
this
looks
like
in
charlotte,
a
good
gathering
things
that
have
organically
shown
up
in
our
community.
B
So
last
week
we
talked
a
little
bit
about
some
some
examples
of
real
community
sharing
and
good
gatherings,
and
there
were
a
couple
of
things
that
we
thought
were
really
important
to
share.
So,
for
example,
plaza
midwood
does
a
fall
crawl,
and
so
the
community,
in
and
of
themselves
have
this
have
designated
a
time
to
to
gather.
This
is
something
that
is
organic
from
the
community.
B
B
Another
example
is
the
creation
of
the
black
lives
matter,
mural
on
the
streets
and
uptown.
Now.
Why
is
this
important?
Because
this
is
also
an
example
of
gathering,
and
so
this
mural
was
an
example
of
lots
of
artists
and
community
members
coming
together
and,
as
you
can
see
on
the
display
here,
the
their
artistry
is
displayed
and
has
gained
a
kind
of
national
attention.
B
We
can
drop
some
of
the
links
here
into
the
chat
in
just
a
moment,
but
we
do
think
it's
important
to
think
about
where
we
see
examples
in
charlotte
as
a
community
of
good
gatherings
right
places
where
we
gather
in
our
neighborhoods
or
where
we
get
together.
If
you
all
can
think
of
one,
could
you
please
populate
it
in
the
chat,
and
so
if
these,
if
these
are
kind
of
sparked
you
to
think
about
good
gatherings,
it
might
be
in
your
community
or
something
that
you
have
seen
firsthand
oh
national
night
out
right.
B
B
B
And
maribel,
could
you
type
in
the
chat
and
tell
us
what
you
mean?
Oh
so,
denise
has
given
us
the
example
of
a
neighborhood
cookout
with
school
supply
giveaways,
and
so
that
is
kind
of
what
it
means
to
me.
Denise
actually,
and
so
a
lot
of
back
to
school
gatherings
will
have
schools
applied
giveaways,
so
backpacks
and
sometimes
haircuts.
B
A
lot
of
neighborhoods
will
kind
of
foster
an
environment
to
make
that
really
easy
to
do,
because
they
want
people
to
share
resources
and
share
their
time
and
energy
to
build
up
a
really
good
feeling
for
the
school
age
students
so
that
they
know
the
community
is
supporting
them
and
giving
them
resources
and
making
sure
they
look
presentable
so
that
when
they
go
back
to
school,
they
feel
confident
and
can
do
well
and
have
the
resources
and
tools
that
they
need.
So
I
think
that's
a
great
example.
B
B
In
helping
to
revitalize
that
area
and
to
help
inspire
people
to
think
about
how
to
share
and
build
their
holiday
christmas
caroling,
I
haven't
seen
christmas
carols
in
a
long
time,
but
christmas
caroling
is
a
great
example
where
a
group
of
people
go
around
together
and
sing
together
and
knock
on
doors
and
or
or
sometimes
sing
in
one
particular
place,
but
people
can
go
see
them,
and
so
that
can
be
a
great
example
of
building.
In
fact,
I
do
know
they
do
christmas
caroling
in
charlotte,
not
in
my
neighborhood
all
right.
B
D
C
C
B
Thank
you,
maryville,
and
I
think
that's
really
important,
because
actually,
that
idea
of
gathering
to
gathering
resources
here
in
charlotte
and
then
sending
them
to
other
places
is
really
important.
Hurricane
floyd
and
hurricane
matthew
both
had
were
were
times
when
people
gave
to
other
areas
of
north
carolina
and
we
saw
them
filling
up
trucks
and,
and
then
resources
sent
to
puerto
rico
in
the
last
few
years
as
well,
so
maddie
you've
also
added
some
really
specific
ones.
B
Those
are,
those
are
great
examples
and
your
particular
example
can
shows
a
level
of
collaboration
right.
So
it's
not
just
the
base
four
road
corridor,
it's
not
just
historic
westin,
it's
also
johnson
c
smith
students
and
then
you
get
to
have
like
a
lot
of
good
synergy
between
different
organizations
and
individuals
who
want
to
see
something
beautiful
happen
during
the
holidays.
Thank
you,
those
that's
a
really
specific
example
that
has
lots
of
ways
of
connecting
all
right.
B
So,
let's
think
about
these
examples
are
organically
happening
in
charlotte,
and
we
we
thought,
you
know
we'd,
be
remiss
if
we
didn't
think
about
the
the
way
that
history
plays
a
role
in
whether
gatherings
happen
or
not.
So
we're
actually
going
to
think
about
what's
happening
right
now
in
charlotte,
a
contextualized
gathering,
even
when
we
have
the
possibility
for
conflict
and
we
can
textualize
it
with
a
larger
historical
frame.
B
So
many
of
you
are
probably
pretty
familiar
with
richard
rothstein.
He
kind
of
made
the
rounds
in
charlotte
as
the
featured
speaker
because
he's
a
scholar
that
does
a
lot
of
work
around
segregation
and
re-segregation
in
communities
in
charlotte.
Obviously,
just
like
we
did
some
context
last
a
couple
weeks
ago.
Charlotte
has
a
lot
of
research
and
study
about
our
communities,
because
we
are
a
community
that
has
some
real
hindrances
to
social
mobility
and
economic
mobility.
B
So
we've
added
this
quote
here
that
I
think
is
really
important,
because
richard
rostein
does
a
a
good
job
of
helping
us
think
about
the
assumptions
that
we
might
be
making
in
our
communities
and
think
about
the
conflicts
that
might
come
as
a
result
of
that.
So
he
talks
a
lot
about
kind
of
the
mythology
around
the
fact
of
segregation.
B
B
E
There
are
clearly
defined
areas
and
everyone
that
I've
lived
in,
that
are
all
white
or
mostly
white
or
all
african-american,
and
mostly
african-american,
and
all
of
us
accept
this
as
part
of
the
natural
environment.
It's
not,
we
think
it's
a
good
thing.
We
know
we
say
it's
too
bad,
but
we
think
it's
sort
of
natural
normal
something
we
accept.
E
It's
not
that
we've
tried
to
do
anything
about
it
and
have
failed,
we've,
never
even
tried,
and
so
in
order
to
rationalize
to
ourselves
our
failure
to
undo
it.
We've
adopted
the
national
myth
and
that
myth
is
pervasive.
It's
pervasive
across
the
political
spectrum.
Liberals
and
conservatives
hold
it.
The
blacks
and
whites
hold
it.
The
name
of
that
myth
is,
we
have
de
facto
segregation,
not
something
that
was
created
by
government,
like
all
the
other
segregations
that
we
undid
in
the
30s
40s
50s
and
60s.
E
It
happened
because
people
like
to
live
with
each
other
of
the
same
race
or
it
happened
because
private
actors,
whether
they
were
real
estate
agents
or
bankers
or
private
citizens,
discriminated
in
how
they
sold
or
rented
homes,
or
it
happened
because
african
americans
happen
to
be
poorer
than
whites
on
average
and
therefore
they
can't
afford
to
move
to
middle
class
communities.
The
fact
of
is
an
other
myth.
There
is
no
basis
to
it
whatsoever.
E
The
racial
segregation
in
every
metropolitan
area
in
this
country
was
created
by
explicit,
racially
explicit
government
policy
designed
to
create
racial
boundaries
designed
to
ensure
that
african-americans
and
whites
could
not
live
near
one
another
with
policies
that
are
so
powerful
that
they
still
determine
the
racial
landscape
that
we
see
in
cities
all
over.
The
country.
B
So
we
thought
it
was
important
to
say
that,
because
sometimes
we
have
difficulty
in
charlotte
addressing
the
realities
of
our
neighborhoods
and
how
our
neighborhoods
are
formed,
and
so
we
wanted
to
take
a
moment
to
think
about
okay.
So
what
else
are
we
seeing
in
charlotte?
We
see
good
gatherings,
we
see
people
organically
meeting
together
and
we
also
see
lots
of
neighborhoods
in
transition
and
lots
of
individuals
in
transition.
B
So
we
wanted
to
show
you
some
of
the
things
that
we
are
are
hearing
and
seeing
so
some
things
that
we
saw
recently
was
this
idea
that
we
have
a
tent
city
and
so
here's
an
image
that
you
can
see
up
down
in
the
background
where
there
are
tents.
This
is
a
very
recent
article
july.
31St
is
what
it
says,
and
so
there's
been.
I
don't
know
the
number
of
us
are
quarantining.
B
You
may
not
have
even
seen
some
of
the
tents
are
being
wrapped
in
and
around
uptown
charlotte,
as
people
are
being
displaced
in
their
increasing
homeless
july
31st.
I
think
marks
the
it
marked
the
end
of
eviction
protections
for
people
who
were
experiencing
displacement
through
the
pandemic
as
well.
So
the
expectation
is
that
soon
this
will
increase
our
homeless
population
and
our
displaced
peoples
in
the
community.
So
what
does
that
mean
for
us
as
we're
thinking
about
this?
B
Let's
populate
in
the
chat,
if
you
can
think
of
other
examples
in
charlotte,
where
there's
been
some
transition,
there's
movement.
Sometimes
we
use
the
word
gentrification,
but
where
you
see
changes
happening
in
charlotte,
it
may
be
your
community
or
you
may
be
able
to
think
of
some
other
examples
as
well.
Please
add
them
to
the.
B
B
B
B
So
denise
says
in
fragile
neighborhoods,
where
homes
are
being
purchased
for
rental.
Okay,
denise,
I'm
going
to
ask
you
to
say
a
little
bit
more
about
what
you
mean
by
fragile
neighborhoods.
I
think
that
that
wording
is
interesting,
so
I
will
oh
belmont
near
villa
heights.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
the
clarification
I
want
to
make
sure
we
weren't
talking
about
belmont
down
85.
phillip,
says
eastland
mall,
absolutely
right!
So
look
I
mean
eastland
mall
has
gone
through
all
kinds
of
transitions.
B
Three
or
four,
since
I've
been
here
in
charlotte,
I
used
to
shop
at
easley
mall,
so
I've
seen
it
from
where
it
was
actual
retail
location
to
kind
of
an
abandoned
lot
to.
If
a
flea
market
now
there's
new
plans
for
it
historic
west
end
right,
so
that
maddie,
I
think
you
had
mentioned
historic
west
end.
B
F
So
you
have
a
different
mix
of
people
that
are
living
there,
that
maybe
don't
take
ownership
of
the
properties
that
they
have
so
you've
got
folks
living
there
that
do
own
their
homes
and
want
to
see
improvement
in
the
neighborhoods.
But
a
difficult
communication
with
those
that
are
renting
and,
and
so
that
kind
of
transition
is,
is
what
I've
noticed
in
in
a
neighborhood
near
near
where
I
work.
B
Denise,
thank
you
so
much
for
that.
There's
a
number
of
factors
that
you're
bringing
up
that,
I
think,
are
super
important,
so
you're
thinking
about
the
difference
between
renting
and
owning
a
home
and
kind
of
the
pressure
that
we
might
have
living
in
a
community.
If
you
rent,
you
may
not
feel
the
same
level
of
pressure
that
a
homeowner
might
feel
around
the
upkeep
in
their
neighborhood
in
the
upkeep
in
their
community.
B
You
also
talked
about
income,
and
so
we
we
alluded
to
social
and
economic
mobility
and
what
that
looks
like,
and
what
does
that
mean,
and
so
the
idea
of
income
and
fragility,
I
think,
is
also
really
important.
So
maddie's
add
a
couple,
a
couple
of
extra
other
words
as
well,
so
fragile
threatened
stability.
B
B
B
Can
you
hear
me
now?
No,
I'm
freezing
all
right.
We
have
to
make
sure
that
we
give
room
to
for
people
to
not
all
share
the
same
opinions
about
our
communities,
because
I
think
we
feel
a
lot
of
pressure
to
represent
our
communities
in
the
best
light,
but
sometimes
people
are
feeling
displaced
and
fragile
and
unstable.
B
So
we
have
to
hear
their
voices
as
well
and
that's
what
I
that's
why
I
always
make
sure
that
we
give
space
to
talk
about
conflict
because
a
lot
of
times
when
we're
doing
any
kind
of
community
building
session
we
skip
all.
We
skip
all
the
conflict
and
go
straight
to
the
celebration
and
there's
always
conflict,
and
so,
if
we
can
go
ahead
and
accept
that
there's
conflict
as
a
part
of
gathering,
then
we
can
make
plans
for
the
conflict.
B
Then
we
can
make
sure
that
we
give
space
for
it
and
make
it
productive
conflict,
which
is
a
real
thing
in
case
you've
never
heard
productive
concepts,
so
I
did
want
to
make
sure
that
we
define
thank
you
maddie,
so
maddie
I
want.
I
want
you
to
talk
more
about
this
in
just
a
moment,
because
we're
going
to
talk,
I
just
want
to
give
some
definitions
before
we
jump
into
our
own
stories.
B
B
We
want
to
make
sure
we
have
room
to
define
really
clearly
and
we
give
some
examples.
So,
for
example,
this
is
the
miriam
webster
dictionary
definition
of
gentrification
and
it
fits
in
with
a
lot
of
the
things
that
a
lot
of
the
words
that
you
all
have
used
when
you're
talking
about
your
communities
right.
B
So
this
idea
of
repairing
and
rebuilding
homes
and
businesses
in
a
deteriorating
area,
we
may
say
fragile
area,
we
may
say
unstable
or
threatened
area,
but
look
where
it
goes
further,
accompanied
by
an
influx
of
middle
class,
are
affluent
people
that
often
results
in
the
displacement
of
earlier,
usually
poorer
residents.
So
this
aligns
a
lot
with
the
story
that
we
were
telling
each
other
around
like
what
the
neighborhood
feels
like
and
what
the
income
distribution,
how
that
might
play
into
how
people
are
interacting
with
each
other
jeff.
G
G
B
B
I
have
often
encountered
people
and
developers
talk
about
the
great
need
of
repairing
businesses
addressing
deteriorating
storefronts
and
allowing
communities
to
thrive,
and
so
jeff
is
offering.
Well,
you
have
to
pair
that
with
that
this
may
displace
people
who
were
there,
who
may
be
poor
or
have
less
access
to
income
and
resources.
B
So
you
have
to
pair
those
two
things
in
conversation,
because
you
can't
talk
about
the
development
and
the
revitalization
without
talking
about
what
happens,
to
people
who
are
there
and
who
live
there
so
jeff.
Thank
you
so
much
for
that
offering
so,
let's
think
about
what
this
might
look
like
in
your
community.
So
I
love
a
good
map,
and
so
this
map
is
from
a
very
particular
site.
I
do
not
endorse
the
site,
but
the
site
was
populated.
B
The
first
is
the
very
first
thing
that
I
saw
when
I,
when
I
googled
gentrification
in
charlotte,
and
it
actually
talked
about
tracks
that
exist
that
exists
in
charlotte
mecklenburg
and
it
allows
you
to
to
hover
over
census
tracts
and
a
lot
of
measurement
is
done
by
census.
Tracts
actually,
and
so
it
allows
you
to
hover
over
sensors
tracks,
but
it
actually
marks
out
zones
that
are
apparently
able
to
be
gentrified.
B
Because
you
see
here,
it
says,
tracks
the
gentrified
tracks
that
did
not
gentrify
in
tracks
that
are
not
eligible
to
gentrify
and
so
again,
when
we
think
about
the
language
that
we
use
and
and
what
it
means
for
it
means
different
things
for
different
people,
because
some
people
are
tracking
gentrification
or
tracking
displacement
and
gentrification
and
in
stable
neighborhoods.
So
they
can
invest
in
that
neighborhood
and
while
some
people
are
attracting
it
because
they
want
to
track
the
number
of
people
who
are
displaced
from
those
neighborhoods.
B
So
these
are
different
ways
in
which
we
can
start
to
think
about.
There's
some
tension
that
exists
and
maybe
even
some
conflict
when
communities
are
in
transition
and
when
they're
changing
and
how
do
we
talk
to
each
other
when
that's
happening
so
that
we
can
build
together
and
grow
together
and
collaborate
about
what
needs
to
go
forth
in
a
neighborhood.
B
So
let's
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
that.
So
a
number
of
you
have
raised
your
hand
or
have
offered
some
ideas,
but,
let's
think
about
you
know:
how
do
you
care
for
the
conflict
that
may
happen
if
we're
trying
to
build
if
we're
trying
to
build
collaboration,
consensus
and
share
ideas
with
each
other?
If
our
community
is
in
transition,
how
do
we
still
have
a
good
gathering?
So
I
want
you
to
think
for
just
a
few
minutes
where
we
can
share
with
each
other.
B
There
are
people
in
this
call
who
I
I
think
I
I'm
pretty
sure
I
know
who
you
are,
but
I
think
it
would
help
us
to
kind
of
level
set
is
if
we
can
answer
the
first
question
together
and
then,
if
you
all
can
start
thinking
and
reflecting
about
how
this
might
relate
to
your
experience.
So
that
first
question
is:
do
the
concepts
we
discuss
we've
discussed
thus
far?
Do
they
relate
to
your
neighborhood
experience
if
you
could
just
drop
a
yes
in
the
chat?
B
If
any
of
these
things
that
we
have
talked
about
relate
to
your
neighborhood
experience,
have
you
seen
people
in
transition?
Have
you
seen
people
who
are
able
to
build
together
and
make
sharing
and
playing
together
to
like
make
a
neighborhood
crawl,
or
have
you
seen
gentrification
issues
if
you
could
just
put
a
little
dash
for
me
to
say
whether
you've
seen
examples
of
collaboration
or
were
you
seeing
examples
of
conflict?
B
That
would
be
great,
so
stephanie
has
already
said
yes
and
so
stephanie
since
you're
the
first
one
up.
Can
I
call
on
you
to
say
a
little
bit
more
about
what
you've
experienced?
Maybe
share
a
little
bit
more
thanks.
I'm
glad
you're
ready
so
stephanie,
I'm
gonna,
unmute
you
and
then,
as
soon
as
I
figure
out
where
you
are
and
then
all
right
stephanie
could
you
say
a
little
bit
more
sure.
Can
you
hear.
H
Me,
yes,
yeah
we've
had
a
lot
of
changes,
kind
of
transition
in
our
neighborhood,
specifically
in
an
age
demographic
we've
had
I'm
in
the
plaza
shamrock
neighborhood
and
we've
had
individuals
that
have
lived
here
30
years
and
initially
there
was
a
little
bit
of
conflict
and
they
kind
of
thought.
You
know
the
younger
generation
was
coming
in
and
trying
to
change
things.
B
B
Yes,
I'm
sorry,
I
I
don't
mean
to
confuse
it
so
stephanie.
Thank
you
for
that
and
thank
you
for
being
ready
to
share
this
time.
I
appreciate
it
okay,
so
I
see
a
couple
more
people
hawkins,
if
you
I
don't
know
your
first
name,
but
I'm
going
to
unmute
you
so
that
you
could
say
a
few
words
about
what
you
wrote
here,
because
you've
seen
both
collaboration
and
conflict,
all
right,
hawkins,
you
are
able
to
talk.
I
I
I
D
I
What
what
we
find
is
a
lot
of
people
who
who
say
they
come
from
the
north.
They
said
they
never
had
to
maintain
grass.
So
there's
a
lot
of
work
that
you
have
to
do
to
maintain
grass
as
far
as
just
just
watering,
seeding
and
and
things
of
that
nature
and
a
lot
of
people
just
don't
have
that
experience
or
even
knowledge.
G
B
And
you
know,
I
think
this
is
this.
This,
for
me,
has
a
a
level-
and
you
said,
like
you
know,
even
even
grass,
there's
a
there's,
a
a
level
at
which
you
could
entertain
this
idea
of
grass
as
being
oh.
Well,
that's
kind
of
silly
like
just
you
know,
just
keep
your
grass
cut,
but
the
reality
is
that
there
are
some.
There
are
some
communities
that
have
it's
not
it's.
B
It's
not
just
grass,
it's
the
idea
of
curbside
appeal
and
it's
the
idea
of
property
value,
so
they
there's
a
lot
of
other
layers
in
how
people
think
about
their
grass
and
the
and
what
it
visually
is
telling
what
stories
are
telling
that
would
not
necessarily
be
just
the
same
for
everybody
and
so
grads
can
be
quite
contentious.
Actually,
I
live
in
a
in
a
very
grass
conflicted
neighborhood,
as
well
and
john,
has
written
yard
of
the
month
awards
right,
which
can
I
can
help
fester,
this
kind
of
yard
issues.
B
F
F
Now
we've
got
a
lot
of
landlords
that
are
in
the
neighborhood
and
the
neighborhood
association
used
to
be
fairly
active.
But
now
it's
dwindled
down
to
just
a
handful
and
they're
getting
tired
and
they're
getting
frustrated,
and
you
know
we're
we're
not.
We
don't
live
in
the
neighborhood,
but
we
are
right
beside
them,
so
we
count
ourselves
as
a
neighbor
to
them,
and
so
we
we
want
to
try
to
help
as
best
we
can
stay
engaged
and
if
there's
ideas
that
they
have
to
try
to
help
improve,
we
want
to
help.
F
F
Okay
right,
thank
you,
yeah
yeah!
You
know
a
lot
of
the
a
lot
of
the
neighbors
that
were
originally
there
have
aged
out
either
they've
passed
away
or
moved
into.
You
know
other
types
of
housing
and
so
they've
sold
their
homes
to
either
landlords.
Now
that
are
renting
to
you
know
younger
families,
or
maybe
families
with
language
barriers,
and
it's
just
a
whole
different
mix
of
folks
that
are
living
there,
that
weren't
there
before
and
maybe
they
don't
know
how
to
be
in
a
neighborhood
association
or
field.
B
A
really
good
point
denise
and
I
we're
coming
close
on
time,
so
I'm
gonna
transition,
but
denise
just
offered
there
at
the
end.
Thinking
about
like
hey
what
are
some
of
the
obstacles
that
that
may
be
happening
right,
and
so
we
talked
about.
What's
the
best
memory
you
might
have,
and
also
in
thinking
about,
do
you
notice
an
example
of
obstacles
so
philip
put
in
the
chat?
Well,
yes,
there
can
be
obstacles
around
language
barriers.
B
There
can
be
obstacles
for,
as
denise
just
stated
around
like.
If
you
don't
know
how
to
be
in
a
neighborhood
association,
then
you
probably
are
not
going
to
join
the
neighborhood
association
if
you've
never
heard
of
a
neighborhood
association-
and
this
is
true
for
many
people
and
I
think
we
might
make
assumptions
if
we
grew
up
with
neighborhood
associations
or
people
cutting
their
grass
every
week,
our
people,
all
speaking
the
same
language
in
our
neighborhood.
B
It
may
actually
be
an
obstacle
to
get
to
know
each
other
when
we
make
those
assumptions
about
our
neighbors,
and
so
it
makes
it
quite
difficult
to
transition
and
be
a
bridge
builder.
If
we're
making
a
lot
of
assumptions
about
our
neighbors
and
what
they
make,
what
they
may
or
may
not
be
doing
intentionally,
so
we
have
to
intentionally
counteract
that
with
the
number
of
behaviors
that
give
us
an
opportunity
to
connect
with
them.
So
I
want
to
share
a
few
ways.
B
B
This
idea
that
we
have
to
start
with
respect.
So
sometimes
we
start
with
assumptions,
and
so,
even
as
we
were
sharing
our
stories
about
what's
happening
in
our
own
neighborhoods
and
communities,
sometimes
our
assumptions
will
mean
that
we
are
unintentionally
disrespecting
those
who
we're
trying
to
interact
with
which
makes
it
really
hard
to
move
through
conflict,
because
if
you
start
with
assumptions,
you
don't
start
with
the
respect
that
you
need
to
really
hear
somebody
else.
Number
two
is
encourage
people
to
share
their
unique
perspectives.
B
We
had
a
lot
of
perspectives
shared
even
on
this
chat,
so
people
are
going
to
have
unique
perspectives
around
what
it
means
to
invest
in
a
neighborhood.
What
does
it
mean
to
keep
my
yard
up
and
so
encourage
them
to
share
the
unique
perspective,
so
you
can
find
a
way
to
to
again
bridge
bridge
perspectives,
three
make
an
invitation
open
and
welcoming
so
anytime.
Something
is
happening.
We
talked
about
this
in
our
in
our
previous
call.
Just
the
idea
that
you
can
do
things
in
more
than
one
language.
B
I
think
verbalizing.
It
helps.
People
learn
like
okay
in
this
in
this
moment,
like
that.
That
may
not
be
the
right
thing
for
me,
or
that
may
not
feel
very
respectful
to
me,
but
I
know
that
we're
just
learning
each
other
so
that
that's
good,
that's
giving
space
and
grace
number
five
is
keep
your
communication
short
and
sweet.
B
And
why
do
I
say
that?
Because
I
think
it
was
denise
who
was
sharing
about
the
the
lawn
care?
So
we
may
have
people
who
will
preface
a
long
care
idea
with
something
like
you
know,
so
many
people,
our
neighborhood,
just
don't
care
about
their
lawn,
but
that's
not
short
and
sweet.
What
you
might
want
to
say
is
in
order
to
care
for
our
community.
B
You
know
we
we
all
try.
Everyone
in
this
community
tries
to
keep
their
their
lawn
cut
to
four
inches
or
less,
and
so
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
are
helping.
Everybody
maintain
that
so
we
can
have
a
healthy,
lawn
and
presentation
for
our
entire
community
or
whatever
way
that
you're
going
to
do
that.
But
not
preference
get
with
your
bias.
First,
when
you're
communicating
around
any
kind
of
gathering
and
then
six
is
remove
toxic
troublemakers
promptly.
B
So
there's
some
people
who
come
to
gatherings
and
they
are
not
coming
to
share
and
connect.
They
are
coming
to
disrupt,
and
so
it's
important
that
you,
like
you,
can
address
that.
You
can
ask
them
to
to
leave
if
they're
not
here,
to
connect
and
gather
and
build
the
bridges
that
you
need
to
build
your
community
and
then
seven
is
make
it
fun.
Neighborhoods
are
combined
of
lots
of
different
people.
I
see.
Maddie
has
just
added
in
here
annual
bring
the
neighborhood
together
festival
in
the
park.
B
Oh
yeah
festival
in
the
park,
obviously
is
is
something
that
brings
all
of
charlotte
out,
so
we
don't
have
any
parking,
but
we
have
a
lot
of
fun
right
and
so
there's
lots
of
community
events
all
across
charlotte.
That
gives
an
opportunity
to
share
and
build
and
have
a
great
time
and
build
fun
together,
and
so
we
want
to
start
thinking
about
that.
So,
as
we've
been
talking,
do
you
all
have
any
ideas
about
what
you
can
do
next
and
what
you
might
be
able
to
do
going
forward.
B
Oh,
I
see
a
oh
okay,
so
an
international
block
party-
I
don't
know
if
maribel,
if
you're
saying
you
had
conflict
there
or
if
you
moved
through
conflict
international
block
party
but
yeah
thinking
about
at
our
neighborhood
level,
if
we're,
if
we're
built,
if
we're
being
a
neighborhood
bridge
builder,
what
kind
of
thing
can
we
do
forward
going
forward
to
host
a
good
gathering
after
restrictions
are
lifted?
What
can
we
what
what
are
some
ideas
you
might
be
able
to
take
forward?
What's
something
you
might
be
able
to
do.
B
B
So
philip
offered
start
small
do
a
driveway
social
hour.
That
is
something
that
very
easily
could
do.
I'm
actually
facing
my
my
window
upstairs,
and
I
can
see
that
my
neighbor
was
working
on
his
car
and
he
everyone
who
stopped
by
waved
at
him
and
he
was
telling
them
about
what
he
was
doing
on
the
car.
So
there's
a
great
example
of
he
was
doing
his
own
driveway
social
hour,
but
I
imagine
that
you
could
do
it
very
easily
as
well.
B
Stephanie
offers
we
meet
at
a
brewery
now
and
used
to
meet
at
a
church.
So
it's
always
50
50,
where
the
people
will
like
to
play
exactly
thinking
about
the
location,
you
might
have
to
switch
it
up.
If
you're
going
to
do
something
inside
your
neighborhood,
you
want
to
make
sure
it's
accessible
and
not
a
high
traffic
area.
If
you're
going
to
do
something
outside
your
neighborhood,
you
want
to
make
sure
it's
accessible
and
that
it's
also
agreeable
to
people
mary
bell
want
to
make
sure
you
get
her.
C
Know
there
you
go
yeah,
I
was
what
I
was.
What
I
wanted
to
say
is
that
I
wanted
to
share
the
gifts.
I
I
can
totally
understand
when
the
when
the
language,
when
the
it's
a
bit
barrier,
because
I
you
know
I'm
from
mexico
and
yes
when
I
first
purchased
my
house,
I
had
no
idea
of
how
you
know
things
were
here.
So
I
watch
my
neighbors
and
I
pay
attention.
C
We
did
a
international,
a
party
in
our
blog,
which
that's
what
we
were
trying
to
do.
There
was
a
lady
from
china,
there
was
a
lady
from
india
and
I
was
from
mexico.
Everybody
else
were
people
you
know
from
here,
so
we
wanted
to
share
and
to
show
you
know
our
culture
and
our
food
and
we
had
a
really
really
good
time.
So,
oh
thank.
B
You
marybel,
thank
you
so
much.
Thank
you
both
for
sharing
language
as
an
obstacle
and
given
a
very
clear
example
about
that
and
some
of
the
assumptions
that
we
might
make
and
then
again,
given
a
great
example
of
an
international
block
party
and
a
way
to
share
culture,
food
and
identity
at
your
gathering,
and
that
I
think
that's
something
that
we
can
definitely
take
forward
with
us
and
last
we
had
maddie
saying
paint
the
street
art
project.
B
Yes,
so
these
ideas
around
street
art
have
really
blossomed
during
quarantine
and
during
the
protest.
Some
of
the
art
has
really
sincere
messages
and
some
things
that
we
can
take
forward
and
people
really
love
taking
pictures
with
it,
and
so
I
think
you
know,
after
the
quarantine
there
may
be
a
great
opportunity
to
do
some
additional
art
and
creative
spa.
B
We
call
it
place
making
creative
place
making
by
making
your
neighborhood
really
vibrant
and
make
it
tell
the
story
of
your
neighborhood,
maybe
and
collaborating
with
your
neighbors.
To
help
tell
that
story.
You
all
have
offered
some
fantastic
ideas
today,
I'm
so
glad
we
were
able
to
share
time
with
each
other.
I
want
to
say
thank
you
again.
My
name
is
janine
bryant.