Some Thoughts on Why the Democrats Lost
Monica Rockwell reflects on the results of the 2024 Presidential Elections.
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American Patriots?
We don’t love our country; we love our Tribe: our Red Tribe, or our Blue Tribe. We’re not American Patriots, we’re Red Patriots or Blue Patriots.
‘Seeing the good in your enemy’: How constructive nonviolence can bridge divides
For years, our country’s all-consuming political conflict has made it harder for us to recognize each other’s humanity. But Red/Blue workshops challenge participants to go beyond politics and see each other as people.
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Colleague of the Week: Chris Lee
Yvonne Boyd didn’t go back to England after all. Instead, she’s become a powerhouse resource for organizers — and more
Is Our Politics Literally Killing Us?
We need to figure this out. Politics at its heart is how we organize ourselves to live in a civil society. Our politics should not be killing us.
‘I was scary and militant’: How one political warrior changed her approach to politics
For years, our country’s all-consuming political conflict has made it harder for us to recognize each other’s humanity. But Red/Blue workshops challenge participants to go beyond politics and see each other as people.
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Remembering Sandy Hook
Braver Angels South Carolina State Coordinator Monica Rockwell reflects on the tragedy ten years later.
How innovation and scrappiness help a North Carolina alliance serve their community
“We’ve pushed the envelope a little bit – particularly with developing new workshop ideas – and had to negotiate with the powers that be in order to have quality control and ensure it’s a positive Braver Angels experience. But that is what we do.”
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Colleague of the Week: Yvonne Boyd
Yvonne Boyd didn’t go back to England after all. Instead, she’s become a powerhouse resource for organizers — and more
How a workshop in Michigan helped politically-divided strangers connect on something deeper
For years, our country’s all-consuming political conflict has made it harder for us to recognize each other’s humanity. But Red/Blue workshops challenge participants to go beyond politics and see each other as people.
Colleague of the Week: Sue Lani Madsen
Sue Lani Madsen is a longtime journalist. But she has some big ideas of what journalists everywhere now need to do.
Colleague of the Week: Roxanna Deane
Roxanne Deane can’t be stopped. Get to know this Central Texas dynamo and find out what she’s been doing.
Colleague of the Week: Braden Chapman
Braden Champan is going places, and we couldn’t be more thrilled. Get to know this young Braver Angels and BridgeUSA leader.
What Jon Stewart missed: Sharing space (and power) across the divide
This piece headed the Braver Angels Weekend Newsletter for July 17th, 2022.
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Colleague of the Week: Stan Lisle
Get to know Braver Angels Colleague of the Week Stan Lisle, Blue state coordinator in the great state of Tennessee.
A Red and a Blue walk into a workshop. Can they find common ground on a controversial issue?
Just a day after one of the most controversial and consequential Supreme Court decisions – Roe v. Wade – was overturned, eight Reds and eight Blues from across Massachusetts and New Hampshire gathered together in a Boston College classroom to see if they could find common ground on another hot-button issue: how to ensure trustworthy elections.
Colleague of the Week: Janelle Burke
Watch out, America. Janelle Burke is coming your way, with a broad Braver Angels smile and a determination that will certainly benefit the organization for years to come.
Wrestling With Your Angels
This piece headed the Braver Angels Weekend Newsletter for July 17th, 2022.
Colleague of the Week: Connie Shortes
Connie Shortes is a moderation mainstay for the Central Texas alliance, utilizing both the power of Zoom and community connections to make inroads across divides.
Colleague of the Week: Theo Brown
Meet Theo Brown, the state coordinator for Mississippi and Alabama, who is bridging divides in states 750 miles from home.
Colleague of the Week: Annette Ritter
Annette Ritter used to write horror stories and see them published in small press “zines.” But her fiction had nothing on the facts of her own past life…
‘If we could get past this issue we could talk about almost anything’: Here’s how the Jessamine County Alliance dove into a heated issue
“Abortion has been one of the biggest drivers of politics in this area for decades,” Carolyn said. While Jessamine County used to be a reliably Blue area, the association of abortion with Democrats turned Evangelicals in the area into single-issue Red voters, she explained.
The Golden Rule Doesn’t Apply to Them, right?
Again, the Golden Rule is radical. And so is the mission of Braver Angels.
An Improbable Dinner
I had brought my family of five, longtime residents of deep-blue Brooklyn, NY, to meet a new friend and his family, longtime residents of solidly-red Simpsonville, SC. We only knew each other through video chats and phone calls, as if we had met through an online service for taboo political friending. Not too far from the truth.
‘The atmosphere is electrifying’: How Braver Angels debates are lighting up college campuses
Much like how the conception of Braver Angels was a natural response to what American people needed and yearned for, this debate program is “driven by the demand that’s surging in the higher ed space.”
Colleague of the Week: Wilk Wilkinson
The host of the “Derate the Hate” podcast wants more people across America to be heard.
Colleague of the Week: Dan Pipes
Retired Army colonel Dan Pipes enters a new phase of service as Braver Angels colleague of the week.
‘Most of us have never met in person’: How the rural Central/Eastern Washington Alliance built a community from afar
According to the United States Census Bureau, close to 60 million people – or one in five Americans – live in rural areas like this one. Here’s how they stay glued together.
