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A purposeful gathering 

What does it look like to gather people with intention? Teri McDowell Ott explores this question in her editorial for the July/August issue of the Outlook.

Last week I threw a party with a purpose —  a gathering of women (none of whom knew each other well) for community building and conversation beyond the superficial.

I was not a chill host. I scheduled an opening welcome and a prepared closing. I arranged the chairs on my back porch in a tight circle to encourage conversation of the whole. I asked each woman to RSVP with a picture of themselves doing something they love, wrote short...

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