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Election Night Moments of Peace

Full Program Schedule

Religious Gatherings

All times EASTERN STANDARD TIME.   Click here for Secular Gatherings

  • 7:00 pm ET Rabbi Laurie Rice, Congregation Micah in Brentwood, TN
  • 7:30 pm ET Rev. Jennifer Schneider, American Baptist Churches of Central Region
  • 8:00 pm ET Rev. Rob Schenck, Dietrich Bonhoeffer Institute in Washington, DC
  • 8:30 pm ET Archbishop Bernard Hebda, Catholic Archdiocese of St. Paul, Minneapolis
  • 9:00 pm ET Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, Episcopal Church
  • 9:30 pm ET Fr. Enrico Hernandez, Catholic priest in San Mateo, CA
  • 10:00 pm ET “Three Faiths, One Blessing,” Rabbi Matthew Gewirtz, Congregation B’nai Jeshurun in Short Hills, NJ, Imam W. Deen Shareef, Convener of Council of Imams in NJ, Rt. Rev. Mark Beckwith, former Episcopal Bishop of Newark, NJ
  • 10:30 pm ET Rev. Dr. Alexia Salvatierra, Fuller Theological Seminary in CA
  • 11:00 pm ET Rev. Mark Lauterbach, Rincon Mountain Presbyterian Church in Tucson, AZ
  • 11:30 pm ET Rev. Cynthia O’Brien, First Presbyterian Church in Woodburn, OR
  • 12:00 am ET Rev. Rick Langer, Biola University in Li Mirada, CA
  • 12:30 am ET Rev. Mark Hofman, Alameda Christian Reformed Church in Alameda, CA
  • 1:00 am ET Pastor Evan Chase, Minister and Braver Angels member in Gardena, CA
  • 1:30 am ET Rev. Franklin Ruff, Stillwell Baptist Church in Stillwell, KS

Secular Gatherings

All times EASTERN STANDARD TIME

  • 7:15 pm ET Hunter Baker, Union University in Jackson, TN, on “Statesmanship”
  • 7:45 pm ET John Wood, Jr., Braver Angels Podcast co-host on “Grounding Reflections”
  • 8:15 pm ET Kathryn MacDonald & Carlos Hernandez, “Why This Trump Voter and Biden Voter Befriended Each Other”
  • 8:45 pm ET Patrick Dougherty, Licensed Psychologist in Minneapolis, MN, on “Meeting at the Middle”
  • 9:15 pm ET David Blankenhorn, President of Braver Angels, on “What’s More Important Than Who Wins?”
  • 9:45 pm ET Gary Abreim, “Why This Biden Voter Bought a Trump Flag for My Neighbor”
  • 10:15 pm ET “We the People: Meaning and History” Harry Boyte, Augsburg University Marie Strom, Public Life and Work, Trygve Throntveit, Minnesota Humanities Center
  • 10:45 pm ET John de Graaf, filmmaker and author on “Can Beauty Heal Our Wounds?”
  • 11:15 pm ET Julie Boler, Braver Angels leader in Raleigh, NC, on “Resilience”
  • 11:45 pm ET April Lawson, “Madame Chair” of Braver Angels Debates, on “Remembering the Horizon”
  • 12:15 am ET Monica Guzman, Journalist in Seattle, WA
  • 12:45 am ET Paul Norris, Braver Angels leader in San Francisco, CA, on “A Larger Perspective”
  • 1:15 am ET Erika Munson, Braver Angels leader in Sandy, UT, on “Poetry and Reflection for a Better World”
  • 1:45 am ET Doug Sprei, Braver Angels leader in Washington, DC
 
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