Connecticut Braver Angels to Host Abilities for Bridging the Divide Workshop on 5/7/2022
Bipartisan motion brings neighborhood members collectively to study the self-discipline of non-polarizing attitudes and phrases towards those that maintain different political opinions
On Might 7, Braver Angels will host a Abilities for Bridging the Divide workshop, designed to assist residents study & apply expertise for having extra respectful & productive political conversations with folks on the “different aspect.”
Launched in 2016, Braver Angels is a bipartisan citizen’s motion to unify America. By bringing Crimson and Blue Individuals collectively right into a working alliance, Braver Angels is constructing new methods to speak to at least one one other, take part collectively in public life, and affect the route of the nation.
“Braver Angels has been bringing civil discourse to Individuals from all walks of life, and we’re excited to have the ability to deliver the Abilities for Bridging the Divide Workshop to Connecticut,” says Al Smith, Braver Angels Connecticut State Co-Coordinator.
The Braver Angels Connecticut Alliance encourages residents to attend nationwide Braver Angels occasions—workshops, guide and movie golf equipment, nationwide debates, podcasts, and extra—and hosts its personal native occasions, together with topical shows, discussions, and debates.
Current polls present {that a} majority of Individuals really feel our nation is extra divided than ever, and more and more view members of the alternative political occasion as not simply fallacious—however unhealthy folks. On the identical time, Individuals are more and more divided into bubbles and echo chambers with restricted publicity to “the opposite aspect,” consuming information that confirms their opinions and stereotypes.
By creating alternatives for significant discussions, Braver Angels works to dial down the heated rhetoric that will get in the way in which of actual conversations and correct understanding of our variations and areas of settlement. The target is to not change folks’s political opinions, however to vary folks’s views of each other.
“Abilities for Bridging the Divide” will happen on Saturday, Might seventh, 2022, 2:00pm – 4:00pm ET through Zoom.
Go to ct.braverangels.org for extra data and to register.