Decatur Dinners Bring Neighbors Together To Talk Race

Decatur Dinners participants talk and share a meal at Columbia Drive United Methodist Church in Decatur on Sunday evening.

Bita Honarvar / For WABE

Can a dinner conversation overcome racial inequity?

Organizers of Sunday’s Decatur Dinners say if nothing else, it’s a good place to start. And its inaugural event turned out to be bigger than those organizers thought.

“It’s been amazing, the outpouring of support,” said Ariel Fristoe, artistic director at Out of Hand Theater and one of the event’s visionaries. “We’re actually having more than 100 dinners,” she added, noting more than 1,000 people participated.