What is a public conversation?
Generally University of the Streets Café public conversations are two-hour events held in cafés (occasionally in community centres, art galleries, public parks) that are free, accessible and open to the general public. Each conversation focuses on a pre-determined theme and question, often conversations are grouped in a series around a particular theme, which each installment exploring a different aspect of the general theme, A moderator (responsible for the structure and flow of the conversation), a guest (responsible for ‘getting the ball rolling’ of the conversation by presenting his/her perspective on the issue at hand), and interested community members (all ages, all backgrounds) make up the participants of each conversation.
