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  • Politics and Elections Conversation

    Becca Kearl

    Headlines, news broadcasts, and social media present conflicting reports on the validity of the election results as well as issues like economic impacts of the pandemic, guns, immigration, border security, abortion, climate, healthcare, and other pressing matters – often using facts selected to bolster specific views. It can be difficult to stay open-minded to new…

  • Film Club Discussion of “The First Step”

    Donna Murphy

    THE FIRST STEP features media personality Van Jones attempting to bring people together to pass a landmark criminal justice bill on prison reform— and finding himself under fire from all sides. The film reveals an intimate portrait of an activist’s isolation and internal struggles, what it takes to make change in a divided nation. Film…

  • Llevando Common Sense al Congreso

    Cheryl Graeve

    Los estadounidenses típicos aportan sentido común al Congreso. La polarización se aceleró en los últimos 40 años. Justo cuando más la necesitamos, nuestra capacidad para abordar nuestras diferencias de manera efectiva también disminuyó. Entonces, ¿qué estamos haciendo para contrarrestar este problema? ¡Los estadounidenses de sentido común son parte de los puntos destacados para resolver este…

  • An Introduction to Meetings of Opposites

    Henry McHenry Jr

    Meetings of Opposites is a curriculum of inquiries into the mechanism that produces perceptual blindness, readings in philosophy and hermeneutics, and activities adapted from Outward Bound. It provides the actual experience of common ground among people with irreconcilable opinions, replacing the mechanism of perception and the Us-Against-Them which perception inevitably produces.

  • Intercultural Communication

    Sandra Bodin-Lerner

    International Listening Association Let’s talk about Intercultural Communication  One of the great things about the International Listening Association (ILA) is that members come from diverse cultures and experiences.  Let’s tap into that and talk about Intercultural Communication!  Join us to discuss your own experiences and what you’ve learned or want to learn about Intercultural Communication….

  • Bridging for a Just, Inclusive, Pluralistic Democracy

    Tabatha Pilgrim Thompson

    Join The Horizons Project and Othering & Belonging Institute as we explore what it means to bridge in a way that builds empathy and understanding while centering justice and our common humanity. Speakers will include: john a. powell, Director, Othering & Belonging Institute Ashley Johnson, Training and Content Manager, Race Forward Míriam Juan-Torres González, Head…