Our Mission:

Build Capacity for Constructive Conversation

Watertown Community Conversations facilitates the use of dialogue to strengthen the social fabric of our City, increase understanding across differences, build our collective capacity for constructive conversation, and support community-engaged decision-making. We partner with community sponsors to design and facilitate dialogue around issues vital to our civic life.

Watertown Community Conversations is pleased to acknowledge funding from the Watertown Community Foundation in support of its programs.

Read the Results

From our 18 Kitchen Table Conversations on

Enhancing Public Engagement

Over the summer of 2019 Watertown Community Conversations partnered with the Watertown Town Council Committee on Media and Outreach. We facilitated 18 Kitchen Table Conversations hosted by residents in their homes and attended by 134 Watertownians! The purpose of these small group conversations was to recommend ways to enhance public engagement with town government in Watertown.

Watertown Community Conversations presented the findings from the Kitchen Table Conversations on October 23 at a public meeting held by the Watertown City Council Committee on Media and Outreach. Click on the links below to read the findings, including a detailed summary and survey results from the participants:

Overview of Kitchen Table Conversations Results

Detailed Summary of Kitchen Table Conversations

Kitchen Table Conversations Demographics

Survey Results - Engagement Tools Currently Used

Survey Results - Top 3 Engagement Tools Currently Used

Survey Results - Possible New Engagement Tools

Community Groups & Activities for Public Engagement

Resources

Watertown Community Conversations is part of a national effort to create inclusive and effective public discussion and decisions. We have put together our own resources as well as resources from other communities in Massachusetts, New England, and nationwide.