Name: Priya Parker in conversation with Francesca de Quesada Covey
Start: 2026-09-23T19:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-09-23
Location: Coral Gables Congregational United Church of Christ

Priya Parker in conversation with Francesca de Quesada Covey

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Partnered with MOSAIC Miami, join us for an evening with author Priya Parker for the release of her new book, THE ART OF FIGHTING.

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🎟️ Please note: Tickets are REQUIRED. Ticket options include:The 1 Entry + 1 Book ticket ($30 + tax) includes admission for ONE (1) guest and ONE (1) copy of the book upon entry.The 2 Entry + 1 Book ticket ($30 + tax) includes admission for TWO (2) guests and ONE (1) copy of the book upon entry.Free Admission (Limited Quantity) includes admission for ONE (1) guest and does not include a copy of the book.Additional books will be available for sale at the event. Can't make the event? <a href="https://shop.booksandbooks.com/book/9780593420225" title="https://shop.booksandbooks.com/book/9780593420225" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Buy your copy here.</a>

<h4>About The Book</h4>We say we want community. Successful teams. High-performing colleagues and workplaces. Dynamic friend groups. Yet many of us don’t understand the crucial element we need to forge long-lasting communities in our lives: healthy conflict. In The Art of Fighting, Priya Parker explains that we can’t form and grow effective relationships without a fight. She rejects the idea that conflict is abnormal or that good groups don’t fight. All groups change and evolve; indeed, it’s because people disagree that good groups flourish. As she did in the now-classic The Art of Gathering, Parker draws on her far-reaching experience as a conflict facilitator, her own detailed research, and real-world examples to lay out the ways that people can identify disputes, determine how to address them, and what to do if they are insurmountable. Whether people disagree in the boardroom or the locker room, on a playground or in church, online or in person, conflict is a part of life, and understanding healthy conflict and how to harness its power is more important than ever. The Art of Fighting is a vital primer to help all of us understand how to do that.

<h4>About The Author</h4>Priya Parker is a facilitator, strategic advisor, and acclaimed author of The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters. Her new book THE ART OF FIGHTING: The Transformative Power of Conflict is out this September and available for pre order now. Trained in the field of conflict resolution, Parker has worked on race relations on American college campuses and on peace processes in the Arab world, southern Africa, and India. She studied organizational design at MIT, public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, and political and social thought at the University of Virginia. She lives with her family in Brooklyn, NY.

<h4>About The Moderator</h4>Francesca de Quesada Covey has spent over 15 years bridging technology and government to drive real-world outcomes — from the White House to Silicon Valley to the communities she now serves at Knight Foundation.As Vice President of Community Impact, she oversees a $300M+ portfolio investing in 26 cities across the country.Before Knight, Francesca served as Chief Innovation and Economic Development Officer for Miami-Dade County — negotiating $50M in non-tax revenue, delivering $25M to 120+ small businesses, and securing $23M to launch the ClimateReady Tech Hub. She also co-founded the Miami-Dade Innovation Authority, the first public-private vehicle of its kind to fund startups solving civic challenges.Earlier, she served in the Obama White House building federal-private sector partnerships, then spent nearly a decade at Meta scaling global products and leading blockchain partnerships for the Libra Association — securing $75M in commitments and exceeding fundraising targets by 170%. She went on to manage a $150M venture portfolio of 79 early-stage companies across three continents.Francesca holds degrees from Columbia University and Sciences Po Paris. The daughter of Cuban immigrants, she lives in Miami-Dade with her husband and two daughters.

Priya Parker in conversation with Francesca de Quesada Covey

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