Bradley Roundtable
Where ideas, lived experiences, and community voices come together.
The Bradley Roundtable is an intentionally designed gathering place where curiosity, conversation, and community intersect. Inspired by Kelly Pace Bradley’s legacy of connecting people and sparking possibility, the handcrafted spinning table at the center seats ten participants and invites them into a shared experience of reflection and dialogue.
Guided by trained Shineologist facilitators, each Roundtable uses the Six Thinking Hats framework to help participants examine community challenges from multiple angles and uncover solutions rooted in collaboration, not assumption. The room’s playful elements such as the bright color prompts on the wall to the spinning table that lands on your question are designed to help people ease into meaningful conversation with openness and trust.
This approach leads to real impact. A single discussion about belonging and civic connection in a rapidly growing North Texas led directly to Coffee & Conversation, a now-weekly program supporting immigrant women and families through English practice, confidence-building, and community integration. This is the heart of the Bradley Roundtable: bringing people together to talk about what matters and transforming insight into action.
Inspired by the lifelong work of Kelly Pace Bradley, this space serves as an invitation for people to gather and discuss ideas that promote thriving communities. Kelly’s life exemplifies the Shine philosophy that each of us is born with a unique combination of talents and gifts, and that if we recognize, develop, and share them, we can make indelible marks in our corners of the world.
Beginning in the fourth grade, Kelly used her talent for building relationships with neighborhood friends, and combined it with her keen interest in exploring possibilities of what they could create together. From Kelly’s penchant for helping others, the Good Deed Club was born. In high school, she used that same talent, interest, and need to establish
Morning Watch, a weekly ritual conducted by students that provided spiritual enrichment to all their classmates.
The older Kelly got, the better she became at recognizing how her talents and interests could tackle needs she saw in her community. Metroport Meals on Wheels, which Kelly founded in 1980, is the contribution for which she is most well-known in North Texas. Kelly has since transitioned out of her executive director role—but by no means has she
stopped making contributions. Today, she continues to connect people to create possibilities by joining with her husband, Scott, to generously open up their acclaimed Paigebrooke home to nonprofit groups for community events and programs.
Let’s Talk
What the Roundtable Is: Dialouge Designed for Impact
The Bradley Roundtable is a facilitated conversation experience built around a custom spinning table that encourages participation and shared exploration. Using the Six Thinking Hats method, Shineologist facilitators guide the group through structured thinking — emotional, analytical, creative, and practical — allowing ideas to surface from every angle. The design of the room, the pacing of the conversation, and the role of the facilitator all work together to create a safe, energizing environment for meaningful dialogue.
Why It Matters
As North Texas grows rapidly, intentional conversation becomes essential. The Roundtable gives community members a place to slow down and reflect on how change affects belonging, connection, and opportunity. By bringing diverse viewpoints into one conversation, participants learn from each other’s lived experiences and often discover solutions that would not emerge in isolation. The launch of Coffee & Conversation is one example of how Roundtable discussions move beyond talk as it becomes programs, partnerships, and pathways that strengthen the fabric of the community.
Who Participates
Participation reflects the diversity and energy of North Texas. Educators, nonprofit partners, business leaders, civic and faith-based representatives, neighborhood advocates, and engaged residents all gather around the table. Each voice adds depth to the conversation, and no expertise is necessary. All that’s required is a willingness to listen, reflect, and contribute. Everyone who cares about building a more connected and compassionate community has a place at the Roundtable.
What impressed me the most about the Bradley Roundtable was the colorful space that allows people to feel safe having tough conversations. We need more spaces like that. In the context of what SHINE represents, this is truly amazing. There’s a chair dedicated to Dolores Huerta, whom I admire so much, and seeing her there meant something to me. It felt like one of those moments when the universe told me I needed to be here.
~ Irene