Powered by an animating spirit that parallels America’s founding, Common Ground started a decade ago as a local speakers’ series, a grassroots effort to raise money for charities working with the most vulnerable residents of Connecticut’s pine-crowned Litchfield hills. Then called Conversations On the Green, the series began as an effort to connect its rural community to the larger world. Its multi-pronged educational mission has evolved over the years into giving a national voice to the voiceless while rejuvenating the democratic principle that out of many, we are one. A testament to the power of community activism,
Common Ground is tied to current events but transcends conventional talk show boundaries by featuring long-form interviews and cross-pollinating historical, political, social, and ethical perspectives. Panelists have included writers, historians, scientists, legislators, politicians, theologians, critics, analysts, and others.
