Braver Angels Debates
A Braver Angels Debate is a highly structured conversation in which a group of people think together, listen carefully to one another, and allow themselves to be touched and perhaps changed by each other’s ideas.
By Jim Bass, Published in Decaturish
The more I was able to productively disagree with people, the more I realized that I didn’t need them to agree with me in order for me to be okay. I found strength and peace in myself that left me feeling more empowered, even when the world felt scary and out of control.
The civic philosophies of Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr. echo in the work of Braver Angels.