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  • PURPLE: America, We Need to Talk: Film + Conversation

    Karissa Raskin

    Better Together Film Festival: A National Week of Conversation Signature Experience Throughout the week of April 15-21, 2024, community spaces across the country will participate in the Better Together Film Festival. Libraries, museums, community centers, churches, colleges, etc. will help bring together diverse groups of people to view films that showcase hopeful stories of bridging…

  • Building Communities that Listen

    Karissa Raskin

    WHAT:  A webinar where you can hear from participants from the Fora Mobile pilot share and discuss their experiences with this new platform as part of a larger discussion about improving civic conversations. The session will show what an app-based solution to toxic division might look and feel like. In the Q&A portion of the event…

  • UNDIVIDE US: Film + Conversation

    Karissa Raskin

    Better Together Film Festival: A National Week of Conversation Signature Experience Throughout the week of April 15-21, 2024, community spaces across the country will participate in the Better Together Film Festival. Libraries, museums, community centers, churches, colleges, etc. will help bring together diverse groups of people to view films that showcase hopeful stories of bridging…

  • PURPLE: America, We Need to Talk

    Karissa Raskin

    Trailer:https://youtu.be/StSNCER31EU Dates and locations of film screenings:Coming Soon Film Type:Documentary  Synopsis: In a time of immense division, PURPLE tells the story of everyday Americans with opposing viewpoints confronting their disagreements head-on and discovering the humanity and concerns that lie behind each other’s positions.  Filmed in rural Wisconsin and Iowa – in a swing region that spans…

  • Public Enemies, Private Friends: Film + Conversation

    Karissa Raskin

    Better Together Film Festival: A National Week of Conversation Signature Experience Throughout the week of April 15-21, 2024, community spaces across the country will participate in the Better Together Film Festival. Libraries, museums, community centers, churches, colleges, etc. will help bring together diverse groups of people to view films that showcase hopeful stories of bridging…

  • LIST(e)N: Film + Conversation

    Karissa Raskin

    Better Together Film Festival: A National Week of Conversation Signature Experience Throughout the week of April 15-21, 2024, community spaces across the country will participate in the Better Together Film Festival. Libraries, museums, community centers, churches, colleges, etc. will help bring together diverse groups of people to view films that showcase hopeful stories of bridging…