𝚁𝚎𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙲𝚘𝚗𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗

Title: Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age
Author: Sherry 𝚃𝚞𝚛𝚔𝚕𝚎

𝚁𝚎𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙲𝚘𝚗𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚢 𝚃𝚞𝚛𝚔𝚕𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚞𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚗 𝚍𝚒𝚐𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗—𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚎𝚡𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚘𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝚖𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚊—𝚒𝚜 𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚚𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝙳𝚛𝚊𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚗 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚠𝚜, 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚑𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚣𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚟𝚊𝚕𝚞𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎-𝚝𝚘-𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚍𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚢, 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚌𝚢, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐.

"𝚃𝚞𝚛𝚔𝚕𝚎 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚕𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚜 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚍𝚒𝚐𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝚍𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚜, 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚜, 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚙𝚜, 𝚘𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚞𝚋𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎-𝚕𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚕 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚐𝚞𝚎. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏-𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚝𝚑, 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚒𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 "𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎."

"𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚒𝚝𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝚃𝚞𝚛𝚔𝚕𝚎 𝚊𝚍𝚟𝚘𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚎𝚝 𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚍𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚘𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚞𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚞𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚍𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚜, 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜, 𝚎𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚣𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚗𝚟𝚒𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚎.

;𝚃𝚛𝚞𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝙸𝚗 𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚛𝚊 𝚍𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚗𝚜, 𝚠𝚎 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎-𝚝𝚘-𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚐𝚞𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚗𝚞𝚛𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚢, 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚝𝚢, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚌 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚙𝚜.