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7th Annual MWEG Spring Conference – Rise Up, Rise Above
MWEG 2024 Annual Spring Conference – “Rise Up, Rise Above: The power of peace to transform our politics and preserve our democracy” Women have the power to truly transform their communities and our nation to be more peaceful, ethical, and just. Each of us has a part to play in building peace and community —…
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After COVID, Can We Have Accountability Without Retribution?
Francis Collins went viral recently. The former director of the National Institutes of Health, he admitted at the 2023 Braver Angels Convention that public health leaders made mistakes when developing COVID policies, while still defending their overall response. When these videos recently surfaced on Twitter, his acknowledgment of mistakes got the public’s attention. But do…
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Down the Rabbit Hole: How Social Media is Designed to Radicalize its Users
Social media platforms are designed to maximize users’ attention. In order to do so, they employ algorithms that send users down a rabbit hole that promotes the most inflammatory content, including mis/disinformation, hate speech, and extremist content. Online, people often find themselves pulled farther from the political center, and find it increasingly difficult to view…
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What Americans Want From Politicians
WHAT AMERICANS WANT FROM POLITICIANS — AND WHAT THEY’RE NOT GETTING: SEAN WESTWOOD American politics are often dominated by the loudest voices on the left and right. In the next episode of “Let’s Find Common Ground,” we learn the crucial difference between what Americans get from their elected representatives and what they really want to…
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Reunited States- Building Understanding in America
The motto of the United States is e pluribus unum– out of many, one. Our nation has blended cultures, beliefs, and people from across the world to varying degrees of success. In recent years, it is our divisions and not our “one” that have taken center stage in our politics, communities, and media. The Reunited States highlights individual…
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Police-Community Relations Conversation
Communities function best with (a few) shared values like safety and order. We want our communities to be safe. We want law enforcement to be fair. We want police to do their job in a manner that is safe for them and for community members. We expect these elements to be a given-a shared goal…
