Who we are
Seeds Of Meaning is a Los Angeles-based nonprofit dedicated to restoring disciplined dialogue as a civic and leadership practice. We create protected spaces where emerging and aspiring leaders can think through hard civic questions — not to reach consensus, but to build the understanding and judgment that serious leadership requires.
Seed Dialogue Circle is our flagship program.
What we believe
Most public conversation is designed for reaction, not reflection. Leadership programs teach people to speak more confidently, but rarely to think more carefully. We believe that changes when people sit together in structured dialogue — across difference, with a shared commitment to honest inquiry.
Dialogue, practiced with discipline, is a civic skill.
We're here to develop it.
How we operate
Seeds Of Meaning is a registered 501c3 nonprofit. We take no positions on the issues our circles explore. Our role is to protect the conditions for honest conversation — not to shape its conclusions. That neutrality is foundational to everything we do, and it governs how we select issues, design programs, and build partnerships.
Our founder
Nicholas Walker is the founder of Seeds Of Meaning and the creator of Seed Dialogue Circle. A USC economics graduate, he spent several years hosting a cross-racial, cross-political book club that grew to more than 200 members across three continents. Facilitating those conversations — across genuine difference, on difficult subjects — taught him that people are far more willing to hear opposing views when they are given the same grace themselves. Seeds Of Meaning is built on that insight.