Turkey Talk Live Chat: How to Talk to Your Relatives About the 99%
What’s your favorite part of Thanksgiving? Turkey? Cranberry sauce? The post-dinner nap? How about those never-ending discussions with your family about everything from football to politics?
This holiday season, Working America is encouraging you to embrace that quality family time as an opportunity to help Uncle Pat and Aunt Anita make sense of what it means to be a part of the 99 Percent. We’re calling it, “Turkey Talk.”
This is the perfect opportunity to keep the national dialogue on economic fairness, sparked by the uprising of the 99 Percent, going right at your dinner table. More likely than not, your family is a part of the struggling 99 percent who simply want jobs and democracy and are looking for some economic justice and fairness. And when this topic inevitably comes up, you should be armed with all the information you need to help combat any spin coming from your loved ones that they hear on cable news or read online.
How do you deal with these political topics at the dinner table? On Monday, November 21st at 2pm, we’ll be moderating a Live Chat where you can share anecdotes and stories about past Thanksgiving table political struggles, as well as tips on how to make this year’s Turkey Day discussions enjoyable, effective, and educational.
Sign up below to receive a reminder email for our Turkey Talk Live Chat on Monday at 2pm. Feel free to also participate on Twitter with the hashtag #turkeytalk.
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Two things: (1) I believe too many times we lobby with relatives, friends, neighbors, and co-workers in an “adversarial” way. I studied Dale Carnegie years ago, helped over 400 fellow union members go through the course, and believe it works! Asking questions (as he recommends) is far more powerful than simply making ststememnts. Also, (2) recognizing significant points in the calendar year (as you are doing with this) is an excellant way to share with activists and membership how to capitalize on events as a time and way to deliver the message! A holiday, a debate, forum, or even a “State of the Union” event are fine examples of that? Working America should continue to send messages like this to remind members of these opportunities! We can no longer simply assume that democratic beliefs and values are a “given”, and that the majority of us all subscribe to them in the things we say, and do. Society has changed in the last three, or four decades, and is much more a “what’s-in-it-for-me” state of mentality. The greater good has been placed on the back burner, and we have our work cut out for us!
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