The Village Square - Broward The Season

Our 2020-21 Dinner at the Square Series

Big issues, Real conversation. Good food, good company.

While the din of the national conversation dives to a historical new low (each year we wonder, did you ever think it could go any lower?), we thought it was past time for neighbors to have a neighborly conversation on these heated topics. So we’re starting this year’s Dinner at the Square series taking dead-aim at topics facing our city, county, and state. Kicking off the series on October 14th, we will be tackling the 2020 Election and how mail-in voting will play a part- a topic that many believe is one of our more pressing issues. From there, save the date for February 24th, when we will be addressing the issue of systematic racism. Lastly, on April 14th, we will complete our year of programming with a deep dive into the balance of public health and economic health in the wake of COVID-19. It won’t be the same without you as a part of the conversation.

Dinner at the Square | October 14, 2020

Mail in Voting: Is our election at stake? Will your vote be counted?

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought absentee and by-mail voting to the forefront of national attention. As rates of absentee and mail voting increase, some government officials have raised concerns that more mail voting will lead to widespread voter fraud. With the coronavirus pandemic promising to last through the fall, a record number of Americans will be voting by mail this year. But mail-in voting is more contentious than ever.

Dinner at the Square | April 14, 2021

Balancing Public Health With Economic Health – How To Get It Right

It’s been a delicate and difficult line to walk in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, with two very different viewpoints. Do you close businesses and schools to keep people at home and healthy? Of does a healthy economy sustain human life? The questions are many, the answers are difficult. Is the health and safety of individuals more important than the health of our businesses and economy?

Dinner at the Square | February 24, 2021

Have We Done Enough? America's Long Overdue Awakening to Systemic Racism

Complicated and challenging issues take time to flesh out. Our advisory board is currently at work (and having tough, yet civil conversations) determining the best direction to take this topic that is relevant and worthy of your time. We’ll be updating the site soon with more information on the topic and panelists so stay tuned!

Past Event | Dinner at the Square | February 26, 2020

Ready or Not, Here Growth Comes

Broward County’s population is expected to increase to nearly 2 million people next year. Over the next five years, our community is expected to have 167,320 new residents, bringing the total population to over 2.1 million in 2022. Are we ready?

Past Event | Dinner at the Square | October 23, 2019

The Politics of Counting: Fear, Fairness & Partisanship around the 2020 Census

Although the citizenship question will not be asked and it has eased the threat, many feel it has hardly eliminated it. The public controversy over the issue has already stirred fears of retribution among many immigrants, even those who are here legally, who say they will avoid filling out the census form even if the question is not asked.

Past Event |May 29, 2019

How Florida’s New Immigration Bill Could Help or Hurt Florida

The Florida Senate & House are currently working on legislation that would require local governments to use their “best efforts” to support federal immigration law, including complying with requests from Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain suspected undocumented immigrants held in local jails until ICE is able to pick them up.