• WordsView – Aligning Words and Aligning Relationships


    Engage in this exciting webinar, WordsView – Aligning Words and Aligning Relationships. This 90-minute event will be on July 3rd, 2024, at 10:30 am ET  (UTC -4) / 8:00 pm India. Please use the Time Zone Converter to determine when this engaging conversation will be in your time zone.  Register here!Speaker Bio: Pusshp Gupta is…

  • “Together We Thrive!” Challenge


    For this year’s National Week of Conversation 2024 (NWOC), which runs from April 15 through April 21, Crossing Party Lines has designed a 7-day challenge. This challenge takes you on a quick survey of the options available to you for getting more involved in reducing toxic polarization and learning to Disagree Better. As we at…

  • Surviving This Election Year With Grace and Hope


    Join us for this lecture hosted by Crossing Party Lines and co-sponsored with the Academy of Learning in Retirement!

  • -isms: What Do They Mean?


    April 28 @ 7:00pm CDT -isms: What Do They Mean? Hosted by Crossing Party Lines In previous meetings we’ve discussed a lot of -isms, from classism to racism, socialism and capitalism to interventionism and isolationism. People rally against them or advocate for them. At this meeting, we’ll discuss -isms in general, starting with this definition…

  • Bridging: United We Stand


    April 14 @ 7:00pm CDTBridging: United We StandHosted by Crossing Party Lines While political polarization is running rampant, members of CPL are reaching across the expanse and talking to their political others. It’s easy to do when guided by a skilled moderator, but what about at other times? Too often we find ourselves walking on…

  • AI and How It Affects Your Vote


    April 7 @ 7:00pm CDTTalking Politics: A CPL WorkshopHosted by Crossing Party Lines We thought AI was a big deal, and then came ChatGPT and other machine learning artificial intelligence tools. Today we’re seeing a flood of AI generated content, from art to novels, informative chatbots to realistic-looking fake images and videos. At this week’s…