An Invitation to be Vulnerable and Honest with a Stranger

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An Invitation to be Vulnerable and Honest with a Stranger

by Michele Christle People have long told me that I’m good at talking to strangers. They’re not wrong — I love talking to strangers — but I still have plenty of biases. Working as a facilitator for One Small Step in my community in rural Maine, however, has changed the way I relate to people who don’t outwardly seem to think like me. People I may have written off previously because of our differing politics or values became essential — I now nee…