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The Opportunity Gap Conversation
Living Room ConversationsSeptember 21 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm MDT
Generally speaking, opportunity gap refers to inputs (the unequal or inequitable...
Democratize America
Learning LifeSeptember 21 @ 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm EDT
Concerned about American democracy? Want to connect and learn about ways to strengthen...
CPRT Expert Dialogue
Corporate Political Responsibility TaskforceSeptember 21 @ 11:00 am - 12:15 pm CDT
Navigating Democracy Flashpoints: How Business Leaders & Boards Can Reduce Risk &...
State of the 2024 Elections: Context and Predictions from Academe
Network for Responsible Public PolicySeptember 21 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm EDT
This discussion will focus on the 2024 elections and the presidential campaign in process,...
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Interfaith America Podcast with Eboo Patel and Robert P. Jones
Interfaith America- Listen
- Podcast
Robert P. Jones, president and founder of the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI), notes that white evangelicals now comprise 14.5% of the U.S. population, down from 25% two decades ago....
My Political Autobiography: A Student Workbook
Essential Partners- Read
- Toolkit
Talking about politics is difficult because politics is one of the ways we express what we really care about—our hopes, our values, our deepest concerns. Political beliefs are about our...
Does Focusing Too Much on Race Increase Racial Conflict?
Healing Race- Watch
- Video-on-demand
In this video, Andre and Todd discuss whether the strong focus on race in our country and the demand by some that white people own their whiteness when it comes...
What does it take to “listen first”?
Meetings of Opposites- Watch
- Video-on-demand
Short video about Meetings of Opposites
PURPLE Film and Discussion Guide
Resetting the Table- Watch
- Video-on-demand
PURPLE, a short documentary from political mediation organization Resetting the Table (RTT) and Emmy-Award-winning Transient Pictures, tells the story of everyday Americans with opposing viewpoints addressing their differences head-on. Filmed...
Ukraine Update III
Network for Responsible Public Policy- Watch
- Video-on-demand
As Russia’s war against Ukraine rages on, one wonders what to anticipate. Will the Coalition hold over time? Will Russia be held accountable for crimes? Can a small country succeed...
How to Overcome Toxic Polarization in Schools with Peter Coleman
Courageous Conversations About Our Schools- Listen
- Podcast
Welcome Dr. Peter Coleman, a professor of psychology at Columbia University and a renowned expert in constructive conflict resolution. He is also the author of the book, The Way Out:...
Find an organization
Here are a few change-making organizations to consider.
To find all the organizations working on what matters to you, click here.
US Values Alliance
- Engage Across Differences
To promote the power of values, and to inspire their use to unite, heal, and create a flourishing society
Fix Democracy First
- Voting, Elections & Policy
Our focus is on reforms intended to strengthen democracy in Washington State and nationally, that include campaign finance reform, public...
Fighting to Understand
- Engage Across Differences
The mission of Fighting To Understand is to make seemingly complicated topics into “simply complicated.” We do this by forming a collaborative...
guides.vote
- Voting, Elections & Policy
Now an independent project hosted by longtime partner Youth Service America, guides.vote will produce guides for all the most contested US...
The Horizons Project
- Engage Across Differences
To strengthen relationships and collaboration within the ecosystem of social change to spur a larger movement in the United States that...
Civity
- Engage Across Differences
Civity supports leaders and community organizations on the ground to create a culture and build institutions in which everyone belongs.
Resolutionaries
- Engage Across Differences
Our network of professional and passionate Resolutionaries aim to encourage people to stop fighting over political problems and starting working...
Meetings of Opposites
- Engage Across Differences
Meetings of Opposites produces the actual experience of common ground among people with irreconcileable opinions or positions.
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