My Mission
To bring humor and intellectual excitement to contentious issues. Call it Internal Family Systems meets James Madison or Sly and the Family Stone considers the Declaration of Independence. The purpose of good clash is to free up stuck energy so that we can think more creatively about the problems of our time. If we laugh a little along the way, I’ll count that as a win.
““Meg’s skilled facilitation allowed for our conversation about the Second Amendment, an incredibly divisive topic in our community, to be respectful, compassionate, and help foster an understanding of the many viewpoints represented that evening.””
“Meg’s serene and sovereign command of constitutional history and its implications draws participants into a higher quality political conversation in which rigid preconceptions can be abandoned in favor of new formulations of shared political desires.”
“The Debating Our Rights series have sharpened participants’ skills for articulating their viewpoints, have increased their ability to listen to others. Many are becoming more comfortable with speaking up in a large and diverse group.”
“I just left Ilsley Library’s hosted talk by Professor Meg Mott, “Must Free Speech Endure Hate Speech?” I’ve been to a good ten or so excellent talks at the library in the last few years and this was hands down the best one I’ve ever had the privilege to attend. Not just because of the important and well-presented content, but especially because Professor Mott did an excellent job of facilitating a rich and dynamic and even occasionally heated conversation amongst the whole group. I wish it had gone on another 2 hours! ”