Citizen Assembly invites you to join us in the never-ending, limitless process of REAL deliberative democracy, thanks to the groundbreaking technology Egora, “The Worldwide Stock-Market of Ideas”! Egora-ILP.org With Egora EVERYONE is able to participate in democracy at their own convenience and at their own level of comfort, by… – developing their own political philosophy…
LEARN THE SKILLS to bridge the identity, partisan and ideological divisions that dehumanize others and threaten our democracy. Hands Across the Hills has developed an intensive, three-day, in-person training program in dialogue facilitation and cultural organizing that will make it possible for people from communities across the country to work across seemingly-insurmountable divides. • When:…
Many authoritarian regimes around the world use policy-based strategies of social control in lieu of more coercive tools like repression. When these regimes fall to democracy, do authoritarian successors pay a political price for these policies? This paper examines the political cost of one common authoritarian policy of control—land settlement schemes—in the context of Spain….
In the third event of the Democracy, Conflict, and Polarization Seminar Series, we present results from a study focused on one model of depolarizing partisans – reciprocal group reflection – inspired by marital counseling and implemented by a non-governmental organization, Braver Angels. A randomized control trial of workshops across four American universities shows that this…
Join the SNF Agora Institute for a discussion of the new book, “System Error: Where Big Tech Went Wrong and How We Can Reboot,” with authors Rob Reich, Mehran Sahami, and Jeremy M. Weinstein. As political and public health crises expose both the extent to which society is reliant on technology and the power that…
Widespread protests and calls for racial justice caught the attention of local government officials and community activists across the country who are now searching for practical solutions to make their communities more equitable and just places to live. Since its founding, the National Civic League has sought to emphasize the significant role that local governments…
Join State Business Executives and our premier panel of experts as we look at current trends, research, and solutions to today’s and tomorrow’s workforce challenges! Joining us will be Amanda Winters with National Governors Association; Stu Andreason with Center for Workforce and Economic Opportunity with the Atlanta Fed; Matt Sigelman with Burning Glass Institute; and…
We are in an age of wonder and amazement with technology. It can go anywhere with us and we can be reachable at any time. We use technology to order our groceries, navigate our cities, keep up with breaking news, family members living away and in some cases remain connected to our politicians and faith-based…
Join us for an interactive introduction to Living Room Conversations, our model, and upcoming programs. This is a great first step to help you understand what we do, meet some of our staff, and decide how to get involved– whether as a host, participant, volunteer, or all of the above. There will be time for…
Join our national Writing Letters to the Editor Action Team to learn great tips for getting published and write together with other volunteers from your region and across the U.S. to raise visibility of American Promise and our fight for the 28th Amendment. Nonpartisan training/meeting on the 4th Thursday each month at 7:30 pm ET.
Connect in conversation with the OneTable community and educator, performer, and writer Robbie Gringras who coined the phrase “Hugging and Wrestling” with Israel. Robbie will introduce 4HQ, a framework that will allow us to go beneath the surface of the topic of Israel/Palestine. We’ll chat with each other, discuss different perspectives, and gain a shared…
Should we draw lines regarding the content of debates? Join Braver Angels to debate. About this event: Are there some ideas so extreme, so dangerous, so intolerable, that they have no place in civil debate in American life? If there are, who gets to decide where the line is? Who is in, and who is…