Host a Conversation

Bring this conversation to your community.

The Destination We Are Choosing — a guided community conversation inspired by Echoes of History.

Many of us are feeling the same pressure. So why are we fighting each other?

This is a conversation many people are ready for but do not know how to begin.

What the program is

A 90-minute author-led community conversation that helps people name shared pressure, recognize how fear and blame divide us, and choose better patterns before division becomes normal.

It is not a lecture, a political debate, a Holocaust comparison program, or a book report.

The book provides the lens. The conversation creates the mirror.

Why host it?

  • It gives people language for what they are already feeling.
  • It creates a nonpartisan room for pressure, blame, division, and responsibility.
  • It helps people move from anxiety and exhaustion toward reflection and action.
  • It can bring together people who may explain the pressure differently, but still feel it.

Where it works

  • Libraries and community centers
  • Faith and interfaith groups
  • Book clubs and civic groups
  • Colleges, schools, and public forums
  • Workplaces or leadership groups ready for a deeper conversation

Practical setup

A room built for conversation.

Length: 90 minutes
Preferred group: approximately 25–40 people
Larger groups: possible
Seating: circle or semi-circle when practical

The goal is not to create an audience looking at a lecturer. The goal is to create a room in which people can think and talk.

For organizers

See the conversation before you decide.

The Host / Organizer Overview gives the program purpose, audience, room setup, session movement, and what participants leave with.

Interested in hosting?

Start a conversation.

Or write directly: jerry@jerryelman.com