Meet Ora Grodsky and Larry Raskin! They're co-founders of Watertown Community Conversations (see full bios below). In this conversation, we talk about how they got interested in the field of facilitation, the tools and techniques important to the work, the creation of Watertown Community Conversations and what it does, and more.

Watertown Community Conversations website

Ora's book - Justice, Love, and Organizational Healing

Larry's bio:

Larry is a retired leadership and organizational effectiveness consultant and a community volunteer. Professionally he helped organizations define their missions, overcome challenges, gain commitments, develop team and leadership skills, and implement strategies to achieve their objectives. Larry is a co-founder and former Chair of World in Watertown, an organization that promotes diversity, fair treatment and equal rights. He is also a co-founder of Watertown Community Conversations. Larry is a certified facilitator, workshop leader, trainer and coach. He and his wife have lived in Watertown since 1994.

Ora's bio:

Ora Grodsky is a mission-driven consultant with over 25 years of experience and success working with hundreds of social justice-oriented organizations. Ora is a holistic practitioner who combines training in acupuncture, non-profit management expertise, extensive study of organizational development and commitment to compassion and justice to facilitate transformation change with the organizations who are transforming our world. Ora’s new book, Justice, Love, and Organizational Healing offers insights and wisdom from her deep experience partnering with organizations and individuals to foster health and healing, and aligning and integrating their values, aspirations, and operations to more effectively meet their important missions. Ora is a co-founder of Watertown Community Conversation. She and her husband have lived in Watertown since 1989.

Support the show

Head on over to www.littlelocalconversations.com to check out all the episodes, events, and everything else going on.

Sign up for the Little Local Conversations email newsletter

Follow on Instagram: @littlelocalconversations

Thank you podcast sponsor Arsenal Financial! Listen to some Watertown Trivia on the podcast with Arsenal Financial's Doug Orifice.

This program is supported in part by a grant from the Watertown Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

Thanks to podcast promotional partners, the Watertown Business Coalition and Watertown News.