ARGUE

In ARGUE community residents build consensus and take action on pressing issues that affect Pittsburgh neighborhoods and schools. In a series of collaborative workshops, people with a wide range of experience and expertise work together to:

• Analyze problems as a team, eliciting rival hypotheses and diverse perspectives
• Turn group decisions into viable plans that satisfy multiple demands and anticipate counter-arguments and objections
• Build consensus through writing, using reasoning, arguing and writing styles adapted to the audience we need to address

At the ARGUE table, you could find concerned parents, university faculty, community organizers, and local teens working elbow-to-elbow, writing. Grassroots documents help Pittsburghers offer solutions that speak across traditional boundaries of age, class, and race in out diverse urban neighborhoods.

For example, "Whassup with Suspension?" is a telling analysis of suspension practices, that was written by knowledgeable students and used to revise policy in area schools. The series of Landlord/Tenant projects produced a Handbook and readable guide for negotiating landlord/tenant disputes - from both perspectives.

From the Backfiles of ARGUE

Let's Talk About DRUGS

Teens Tell it Like it Is
Problems in the Family
A Teenager that Needs Help but Don't Know How to Face It

Whassup with Suspension? The Real Scoop

Miscommunication: A Rap
Commentary: Complications Between Students, Teachers and Vice Principals
Our Comments and Suggestions

Landlords and Tenants

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