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Empowerment Congress Praxis Excerpt: Across Southern California, people are facing big questions—about homelessness, safety, trust, and how we care for one another …
Empowerment Congress Praxis Excerpt: Across communities nationwide, homelessness has become one of the most visible and misunderstood manifestations of systemic failure. Rising …
Empowerment Congress Praxis Excerpt: As we begin 2026, Days of Dialogue/INVLA is deepening its focus on dialogues centered on homelessness and unhoused …
Empowerment Congress Praxis Excerpt: Days of Dialogue: Homelessness Series Homelessness is not a single-issue crisis. It is the visible intersection of housing …
Empowerment Congress Praxis Excerpt: Days of Dialogue: Homelessness Series The Power of Dialogue: Voices from the RoomBy Anne Sawyer Our recent Day …
Empowerment Congress Praxis Excerpt: Days of Dialogue: Homelessness Series Supporting Communities Through Conversations on Homelessness Communities across Southern California are facing growing …
Empowerment Congress Praxis Excerpt: Across Los Angeles, conversations about homelessness are often loud, polarized, and reactive. But inside Days of Dialogue sessions, …
by Anja Williams At a moment when images of violence dominate the news cycle — abroad and at home — a group of …
Anne Sawyer learned early that conflict was not something distant or abstract. Growing up in California in a family of lawyers, she …
By Sharon L. Shelton and Anja Williams Avis Ridley-Thomas with INVLA Dialogue Practitioners who facilitated table conversations LOS ANGELES — More than …
By: Anne Sawyer When Listening Becomes Leadership: Reflections from a Powerful Day of Dialogue On January 21, 2026, SCHARP convened one full …