Promise of a Generation (POAG) Information

"The Accidental Majlis"​ - creating community dialogue - Mission POAG promotes respectful intercultural interaction to improve our own understanding of the world and our responsibilities in it. POAG is a strong network of informed individuals who can trust each other not only for insightful discourse on important universal issues, but also for corrections when we have misconceptions about each other. Why Does POAG Matter? Our goal is to foster living-room style exchanges allowing hearts and minds to communicate on levels above the noise of ignorance, greed, and fear. Ours is a setting of genuine curiosity and most important, trust. Given the economic, political, and religious relations between our individual nations, we all feel a sense of urgency. Members can depend upon each other for not only truer insight and more accurate information, but more importantly for a friend who listens first and judges last. • POAG Is: – A diverse network of motivated thinkers who seek dialogue on pressing issues touching our lives at work, at home, and in our communities • POAG believes that: – Just because a clear and easy solution does not exist today for some of life’s challenges, we shouldn’t stop seeking for a better tomorrow – Personal accountability and self-motivation moves us from complaining about our situation to contributing towards a solution – We need productive debate and discussion because our collective improves when we challenge each others’ ideas • POAG IS NOT: – Government affiliated – A corporate affiliation – A charity – A full-time job – An uptight, stuffy, elitist group – we’re serious but we can also laugh at ourselves