My Political Autobiography: A Values Reflection Worksheet

Partisan political campaigns tell us who to fear and who to trust, who to exclude and how to participate. They have defined the limits of what is possible in our civic life and dictated the terms of our public discussions.

They activate and leverage our many identities—whether it’s racial identities or sports fandoms, faith lives or hometowns—in order to cut us off from courageous, open-hearted, honest conversations about our values, our hopes, and our shared future.