Once a month, participants gather (in-person or digitally) to connect and discuss a topic that is relevant to them and their community. Conversations provide a space to discover nuance in the varying perspectives within a community, to listen and share, sometimes disagree, yet walk away enriched, with better understanding, and anticipating the next discussion.

Community Roundtables launched in the summer of 2018 around a dining room table in Franklin, Tennessee. Since then, they have expanded to reach more than 200 participants across 20+ U.S. states, and abroad to 6 countries, and continue to grow. New conversation guides are released monthly and topics range widely. Some conversations in 2023 include: Christian Nationalism, Gender Expectations and Reality, Guns in America, Climate Change, The Shrinking Middle Class and Affordable Housing, and Education: Expectations and Reality.

Founded on pillars of openness, humility, mutual respect, and grace we aim to bring a sense of connection and civil conversation to communities whether hosted in individual homes, school systems, community organizations, faith communities, or corporations.

In addition, The Great Reset Community Roundtables have recently launched ‘The Series’ where participants can choose to do a deeper dive on a topic, having consecutive conversations on aspects of a social challenge. They welcome all who can engage respectfully and share with humility to join the conversation.

Project Director Bio:

After earning a master’s degree in Sociology from the University of Buffalo and working in the advertising industry, Kalinda Fisher started the Advocate Market Research Bureau in Western New York. She enjoyed corporate research but desired to work independently outside of a large corporation. This move allowed Kalinda to tackle projects in many industries, including working with large banks, health insurers, health care providers, race car teams, transportation industries, and large religious organizations, among others. Moving to Nashville in 2007 with her family, Kalinda has become a leader in qualitative research, using Advocate as her vehicle. True to her studies as a sociologist, she exhibits a passion for truly hearing the voices of the intended audience and becoming their “advocate”.

In addition, her passion since 2017 has been an initiative she launched around her dining room table, “The Great Reset”, which hosts open, respectful conversations on important current topics. Her background as a sociologist and market researcher positioned her well to host these often difficult, yet relevant, conversations.

As a hobby, Kalinda takes great pleasure in nurturing her grandmother’s heirloom roses, which are now over seventy years old, and long walks with the family dog. Her life’s joy is spending time with her husband, Anthony Cassiol, and two college-aged daughters, Delaney and Sophia, who have proven to be her greatest teachers and support system.