This might inspire some people who are disheartened:

Stories from our Coffee Parties

Mercer Island, WA - Carol F

In two weeks our MI group organized and put on a workshop on Civil Discourse. We had about 35 attendees and the workshop was very well received. We're now using conducting an online survey to find out where people want to go next. One of the ideas is to take the workshop to other Coffee Party groupsl People are not only excited but also in action. I've never seen a group of people so committed.