Exciting News!RCV Montana is looking for a full-time Statewide Organizing Director. Montana is ready for an experienced leader in the field to catapult RCV in Montana in 2022. If you’re interested in this position, visit our website.Please help us spread the word about this position! We also need your help to get this position fully funded, along with summer…
Everything seems to be black or white, for or against, red or blue.But diversity and difference are not absolute, they exist on a spectrum which has at its core commonality, togetherness and overlap.But do YOU know the depths of your nuanced beliefs?Do you know that you likely overlap with others more than you think?Try it!
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…
Our communities at home and abroad are divided like never before.How do we posture ourselves as peacemakers? How do we love anyway?Join us (for free) for one hour, once a week, for four weeks.Using lessons crafted from decades of peacemaking experience around the world, we will help you explore how to press into pain, understand…
Exploring Values in Conversations Across the Political Divide:Values-based conversations offer the opportunity to explore the underlying interests one brings to a conversation. When we engage in dialogue across the political divide it is useful to bring both an awareness of the values we bring and a curiosity about the values of others. Come join this interactive…
The Othering and Belonging Institute offers a weekly occurring Belonging: A Weekly Practice. The weekly event centers relationship building, movement, meditation and discussion. For the National Week of Conversation, we will focus on Bridging as the topic and engage in conversations that both access our similarities and respect for our differences. Please join us for…
Ideos Mini-Conversations is an opportunity for Americans to reach across political and social divides, acting on the belief that common ground is possible through empathy and dialogue. When real dialogue becomes too difficult, our worlds remain separated. Wrong assumptions emerge. The moment we start to see “those people” as the problem itself, all sides dig in…
Featuring: Keynote and Fireside Chat: ● Margaret Harding McGill, Technology Reporter, Axios ● Kent Walker, President, Global Affairs & Chief Legal Officer, Google Panel Discussion: ● Brandon Pugh, Senior Fellow and Policy Counsel, Cybersecurity and Emerging Threats, R Street Institute ● Lartease Tiffith, Executive Vice President for Public Policy, Interactive Advertising Bureau ● Maneesha Mithal,…
Schools have been hit hard the past few years with COVID-19, an added complication to the already complex task of teaching the rising generation, dealing with staffing shortages and operating within budget constraints. Calls have gone out for more resources, better pay, and more support along with gratitude for the essential work of educators. How does all of…
How do younger and older groups differ on such issues as religion and politics? How do different age groups feel about Cancel Culture? Does being “Woke” mean the same thing at different ages? How do we prevent overgeneralizing and speaking about individual age groups as if they are monolithic? Leaders from Convergence, BridgeUSA, Encore.org, and…
How do younger and older groups differ on such issues as religion and politics? How do different age groups feel about Cancel Culture? Does being “Woke” mean the same thing at different ages? How do we prevent overgeneralizing and speaking about individual age groups as if they are monolithic? Leaders from Convergence, BridgeUSA, Encore.org, and…
We may want to communicate with others in such a way that we gain knowledge and bridge divides, but those conversations don’t always come naturally. Most of us struggle to self-evaluate our communication skills and we might be unaware of words and actions that shut down healthy dialogue when discussing divisive issues. In this conversation…
*PRIVATE EVENT* This event is not open to the public, but if you are interested in bringing a similar program to your community, please let us know by contacting us here: https://www.resettingthetable.org/inquiries.Drawing on conflict resolution, mediation, and chaplaincy frameworks, this facilitation training teaches structures and skills that support participants to engage in direct, open conversations across…
The healing necessary to build an equitable society runs very deep. It lives beyond books and dialogues. It lives in the body.This session is hosted by and designed for white bodies, and is also welcome to anybody who wishes to participate.When people with white bodies don’t take the time to slow down and feel what’s…
Tired of conversations about issues of our time that turn ugly and divisive? Join us in this guided dialogue experience. Practice listening and empathy skills that lead to peaceful discussion.In this session we invite people from across the political spectrum to share views on “Election Integrity in America”. In preparation, you are encouraged to contemplate…
Join Hard Histories at Hopkins for a warm celebration of Dr. Lawrence Jackson’s new book, Shelter: A Black Tale of Homeland, Baltimore (Graywolf Press, 2022). In this memoir, Jackson writes about his experiences returning to his hometown of Baltimore as a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of English and History at Johns Hopkins University. Jackson explores the…
“Courage is the most important of all virtues, because without courage you cannot practice any of the other virtues consistently,” Dr. Maya Angelou said. When you think of being courageous, you might think of facing a common fear like the fear of heights or public speaking. Facing fears like these involves discomfort and uncertainty. We…
Most of us like to believe we base our political views on facts. Yet we don’t all have the same facts or trust the same sources. Too often political conversations devolve into my facts (or experts or news sources) against yours and none of the participants gets a chance to learn and grow.In this workshop…
“Conversation Collective is now offering an ongoing series focused on examining grief. Through mindfulness and breath practices, journaling, one-on-one conversation, and group check-in, we will gently explore the dimensions of grief. Sessions will incorporate very subtle movement and breathing. Please join us for these weekly gatherings if you desire meaningful conversation about grief, loss, and…
Workshop #2 of a Three-Workshop Series: America’s Soul Community Supports The Building Civic Bridges Act H.R. 6843Online. Bring paper and colored markers.To register for today’s event, scroll all the way down and click the “Register” button.If you’ve attended Workshop #1, you can participate in Workshops #2 and #3. The dates and times for the whole series…
Join Police2Peace and the Center for Building a Culture of Empathy for a very special virtual event during the National Week of Conversation 2022. Register now for an interactive dialogue among community members and police professionals using the Empathetic Listening Process to share this question: How can we build better relationships between the community and the…
“A Peaceful World has Problems, but the World Can Solve Problems Peacefully”Worry about the political atmosphere? Noticed things aren’t fair and wonder why, or how you can help? Not sure, you think you can’t have an impact?Well, what a perfect time to join nVI as we collectively gear up for the fifth annual National Week…
Hosted by the students of the Bay College Civics Corps, an intergenerational panel will discuss memories tied to the music they listened to during their formative years, using a form of historic memory dialog. Panelists will share about: the type of music and songs they interacted with growing up, the various forces that shaped their…
Please join us for a deliberative forum on the Common Ground for Action (CGA) online platform. We’ll be discussing “Elections: How Should We Encourage and Safeguard Voting?” CGA is entirely chat based, no camera and audio needed.Many Americans are concerned about the US election system although we don’t always agree on the main problem or…
Join us as we bring Americans together to begin a national conversation on the way we elect presidents through an innovative new project, Deliberations.Us. In small, diverse groups, participants meet and talk with their fellow Americans, learn the facts of an issue and the best arguments from all sides, and share their experiences, concerns, and values….