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  • Immigration: Who are the Immigrants?

    Lisa Swallow

    Opinions on immigration vary widely, and one of the explanations for why that is, is that our understandings of who the immigrants are is also quite varied. Are they predominantly criminals or predominantly individuals with much to offer and contribute to our society? Are they fleeing a life that is unbearable in their country of…

  • Youth Conflict Resolution in Malawi

    Prabha Sankaranarayan

    Engage in this exciting webinar, Youth Conflict Resolution in Malawi. This 90-minute event will be on August 23rd, 2024, at 2:00 pm ET (USA. UTC -4) / 8:00 pm Malawi Time. Please use the Time Zone Converter to determine when this engaging conversation will be in your time zone.  Register here! Brown Masingati is a social worker from…

  • Civil Dialogues—Why Partnerships Matter

    Clare Ashcraft

    There was a time in the not too distant past when Americans could disagree without labeling friends, colleagues, and family members as “other.” Leaders who reached across the aisle to solve the nation’s problems were celebrated, not demonized. Take the relationship between former Presidents Bill Clinton and George H. W. Bush. The 1992 presidential election…

  • Unify Challenge

    Molly Ostrem

    A guided video conversation that you’ll take with another American who may vote differently than you or be different than you in other ways.

  • Depolarizing Within

    Media

    Much of today’s polarization is driven by how we talk with like-minded people about those on the other side. Too often, we stereotype, dismiss, or ridicule our fellow citizens who support the other political party, its leaders, and its policies. This free, three-hour workshop teaches participants: How to be more aware of their own “inner…

  • How the Media Rage Machine Divides America

    Mary Anglade

    HOW THE MEDIA RAGE MACHINE DIVIDES AMERICA: CHRIS STIREWALT From cars to entertainment, technology to retailing, most large industries have faced huge changes in the past thirty years. But none more so than the news business. Since 2000, countless numbers of local and regional newspapers went bust. Those that did survive fired a big percentage…