Are you tired of the deep divisions in our society? Would you like to better understand those with different backgrounds and beliefs? What if you could do that while eating good food and having fun?

We invite you to participate in BreadBreakers, where people share dinner and conversation with one goal: to see and understand others. No debating. No convincing. Just an evening together in our shared humanity.

Join us, and be part of the movement to heal our discourse and relationships - one table at a time.

We believe that human connections are the antidotes to the division, strife, and mistrust we all experience in our society every day. By breaking bread with those who are different than us – by looking beyond our disagreements and seeing the whole person sitting across the table – we can start to restore the bonds of trust in our communities, our friendships, and our families.

Participants meet at Lake Anne Community Center or a local restaurant to share stories, explore one anothers' views, and connect beyond the surface level over the shared space of the dinner table. Each dinner group is led by a trained table host and consists of eight-or-so people from a variety of backgrounds and belief systems. Our purpose is not to debate or convince, but to learn and understand.

BreadBreakers is driven and informed by our faith and beliefs – for example, our belief that all are created in God’s image – but our dinners are religiously inclusive events. We want to create spaces where those of all different beliefs, including on religion, can learn about one another and build mutual understanding.