ONLINE event. 90 minutes, open to anyone, anywhere.

2:30pm Easterm / 11:30am Pacific. You must SIGN UP HERE to reserve your spot. These do fill up.

This workshop (which seems participatory… it’s a little unclear) is a free event brought to you by Braver Angels as part of their mission to depolarize America. (Check out this nervous-system-relaxing Braver Angels video.)

In this polarized time, we lack basic understanding of why people on the other political side hold their beliefs. We don’t see them as they see themselves–their core values and central concerns–but instead as we choose to see them.

We are tempted to regard our own side as principled and the other side as self-interested. When we try to communicate across this gap, we often lack the skills for listening carefully, looking for common ground, and sharing our perspectives in ways that connect rather than create more misunderstanding.

We can learn to disagree better in polarized times, which means accurately seeing where we differ and where we share common ground.

Goals of the session:

1) More understanding of the values and concerns of people who differ from you politically

2) Better skills for listening in a way so that the other person feels heard

3) Better skills for sharing viewpoints in a way the other person might hear — even if they disagree

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