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Citizen Connect (ARCHIVED VERSION) was a nonpartisan doorway to civic action. This site preserves content from over 600 organizations – right, left, and center – previously working to strengthen our democracy. All materials are provided for archival and informational purposes only and are no longer actively updated.

  • PRODUCTIVE DISAGREEMENTS

    Sarah/Chloe Slater/Borenstein-Lawee

    Productive Disagreements: Tools for Managing Political Polarization Join us for an insightful online Zoom event to discuss practical tools and tips for dealing with political polarization in your day-to-day life. In today’s climate, it’s crucial to understand how to navigate conversations and situations that may be charged with differing political viewpoints. Our expert facilitators will…

  • America’s Soul Community

    Virginia Swain

    We restore faith in American Leadership by training Reconciliation Leaders (www.global-leader.org) and hosting first Monday monthly America’s Soul Community from 7-8:30 pm eastern time. Bring paper and colored markers to doodle. Learn more about our visioning process here: https://global-leader.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Imaging-A-Strategic-Visioing-Process.pdf. Drawing on 30 years’ experience training Reconciliation Leaders in the United Nations, Virginia is now focused…

  • Conversation Collective hosted by

    Karen Gross

    Citizen Discourse’s Conversation Collective is a community from around the country — and even the globe!! — who gather for compassionate and restorative conversation. We start with a mindful moment and incorporate some writing and reflecting and one on one conversation. First timers are welcome to come join us as a guest.  Membership is available…

  • Introduction to Money in Politics

    Jere Halligan

    Learn the basics of money in American politics and how YOU can be part of the solution to this problem! Our nonpartisan presentation covers big money, dark money, and foreign money that continues to flow — unchecked — into U.S. elections. You will learn how we got here, and why we need a constitutional amendment…

  • Public Schools: Talking Across the Divide

    Mary Anglade

    PUBLIC SCHOOLS: TALKING ACROSS THE DIVIDE. BECKY PRINGLE AND GISELE HUFF Almost everyone has an opinion about public education, especially in the years since the COVID pandemic when the physical closure of schools and online schooling became highly controversial. The vast majority of American students attend public school, but the numbers are falling, partially because…

  • RAFT for America – Montana

    Ken Powley

    R.A.F.T. for America (Reuniting America by Fostering Trust) invites you to join ROW Adventures for a day of whitewater rafting on the Clark Fork River – where the only price of admission is your willingness to pair up with someone from “the other side of the aisle” to promote the message that as Americans, we…