Events from 07/04/2020 – 01/26/2021 – Braver Angels

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Respectful Exchange of Ideas “The Biden Presidency in Retrospect” (NC – Braver Angels of Wilmington NC)

Host Organization: Braver Angels of Wilmington NC
State/Region: NC
Setting: In-person
Nir Family YMCA 2710 Market St, Wilmington

Come participate in a respectful exchange of ideas with fellow members of your community to take a retrospective look at the Biden presidency ** This event is open to the media upon approval. Send requests to press@braverangels.org

Event Series Talking Politics Meetup

Talking Politics Meetup

Host Organization: Braver Angels of the Southern Willamette Valley
State/Region: OR
Setting: In-person
Oakshire Public House Madison Street 207, Eugene

Local Focus: Eugene & Springfield Area (Southern Willamette Valley), Oregon For folks who want to understand what divides us. This is a get-together for the open-minded. Pull up a chair and let's have some respectful and civil discourse about what led you to believe what you believe and vote for what you vote for. Maybe […]

Alliance/Members Meeting – Monthly Meeting: Discussing the goals, impacts, and strategy of tariffs (VA – Braver Angels Fairfax County)

Host Organization: Braver Angels Fairfax County
State/Region: VA
Setting: In-person
McLean, VA, Governmental Center Community Meeting Room 1437 Balls Hill Rd., McLean

Local Focus: The DMV: D.C., Maryland and Virginia Join us to discuss the potential merits and drawbacks of significant applications of tariffs on the U.S. Economy ** This event is open to the media upon approval. Send requests to press@braverangels.org

Braver School Community Network Quarterly Meeting – OPEN TO ALL (CA – Orange County Alliance)

Host Organization: Orange County Alliance
State/Region: CA
Setting: Online

Join us to learn everything you need to know about working with school communities - teens, parents, teachers, adminstrators, school board members, and community at large ** This event is open to the media upon approval. Send requests to press@braverangels.org

Braver Angels Georgia Online Meeting for May

Host Organization: State
State/Region: GA
Setting: Online
Online US

* Local Focus: Georgia Braver Angels Georgia monthly Zoom meeting for members and interested persons.

Event Series Michigan Virtual BA Meeting

Michigan Virtual BA Meeting

Host Organization: Braver Angels
State/Region: MI
Setting: Online

Local Focus: Michigan Michigan BA Meeting to discuss current topics and share experiences of BA in Michigan ** This event is open to the media upon approval. Send requests to press@braverangels.org

Food Carts and Depolarization (OR – NW Willamette Valley Braver Angels Alliance)

Host Organization: NW Willamette Valley Braver Angels Alliance
State/Region: OR
Setting: In-person
BG's Food Cartel 4250 SW Rose Biggi Ave., Beaverton

Local Focus: Oregon's Washington and Yamhill counties - but everyone welcome! Come and join us for some casual guided conversations at - Food Carts and Depolarization. Practice your depolarizing skills while you converse with your fellow Braver Angels and support local businesses with your patronage. ** This event is open to the media upon approval. […]

Monthly PDX Depolarization Gathering

Host Organization: Oregon State
State/Region: OR
Setting: In-person
Steeplejack 2400 NE Broadway, Portland

Join us at this monthly gathering where you will get to meet some of your fellow local Braver Angels. The format changes month to month, but usually involves small group or individual discussions, while supporting our host with your patronage. This event is open to everyone and there is no registration needed, simply show up! […]

Alliance/Members Meeting – Idaho State Alliance Monthly Meeting (ID – State)

Host Organization: State
State/Region: ID
Setting: Online

Join Idaho Braver Angels for our monthly state-wide meeting to learn about activities, get to know others in Idaho working on depolarization, and practice skills in speaking and listening according to Braver Angels principles. The meeting program lasts an hour with an optional 30 minutes of additional hang out time

Debate Chair Training (BA National – Debates)

Host Organization: BA National - Debates
Setting: Online

Are you a Braver Angels Debate Chair or Chair-in-Training? If so, join us for the next Braver Angels Debate Chair Forum. This space will be an opportunity for Debate Chairs and Chairs-in-Training to connect and learn from one another and other BA leaders! Restricted Attendance: Restricted to Debate Chairs and those who have begun the […]

Depolarizing Ourselves (BA National/Carter Center)

Host Organization: BA National
Partner Org(s): Carter Center
Setting: Online

Civil discourse requires mutual respect. Respect, not agreement, is an essential key for a healthy discussion. This workshop addresses how we may inadvertently be complicit in, or possibly even encourage, polarization. Depolarizing Ourselves is designed to help you lessen the effects of polarization when you encounter them in your political conversations. This is a group […]

Alliance/Members Meeting – Braver Angels Indiana 2025 Weekly Lunch Meeting

Host Organization: Braver Angels of South Central Indiana
State/Region: IN
Setting: Online

Local Focus: Indiana focus, all are welcome Weekly meeting of the SCIN BA Lunch group. All BA members/subscribers are welcome to join us for discussion on a variety of topics. Participation in previous BA workshops is encouraged!

Crossing the Continental Divide (CO – Colorado Southern Front Range Alliance/Reclaiming Civility)

Host Organization: Colorado Southern Front Range Alliance
Partner Org(s): Reclaiming Civility
State/Region: CO
Setting: In-person
Penrose Library 20 N Cascade Avenue, Colorado Springs

Local Focus: Southern Colorado Front Range Crossing the Continental Divide provides participants with an introduction to Braver Angels and an overview of its principles. During this presentation participants will: Participate in two brief activities (one taken directly from the Depolarizing Within workshop) Watch a video of a Braver Angels' Red/Blue workshop in action Gain knowledge […]

May 2025 Local Alliance Meeting

Host Organization: NW Willamette Valley Braver Angels Alliance
State/Region: OR
Setting: In-person
Beaverton Round Table Pizza 10150 SW Beaverton Hillsdale Hwy (Hwy 10), Beaverton

* Local Focus: Oregon's Washington and Yamhill Counties Monthly member meeting for discussion and pizza. All are welcome! ** This event is open to the media upon approval. Send requests to press@braverangels.org

The Space Between Us: How Jesus Teaches Us to Live Together When Politics and Religion Pull Us Apart ~ An Evening with Sarah Bauer Anderson

Host Organization: State
Partner Org(s): The Cathedral of St. Philip Book Store
State/Region: GA
Setting: In-person
The Cathedral of St. Philip Peachtree Road 2744, Atlanta

* Local Focus: Atlanta Georgia Metropolitan region In our polarizing times, faith, politics, and the media seem to be leading more to rage than actual change. But our faith calls us to be in relationship with one another! Sarah’s book outlines many routes for navigating the space between us without abandoning our values. Join us […]

Alliance/Members Meeting – Volunteer Meeting – BA-Wisconsin (WI – State/na)

Host Organization: State
Partner Org(s): na
State/Region: WI
Setting: Online

Local Focus: Wisconsin Looking to get more involved in Braver Angels-Wisconsin? Whether you're an already-trained or in-training volunteer or just someone who wants to know more, please join us for this 1-hour meeting. You'll learn about volunteer opportunities and training. PLUS you'll get to meet Braver Angels from across Wisconsin. See you on Zoom!  

Local Community Debate – The Politics of Electric Vehicles (EVs) – A Braver Angels Q&A with NYS Assemblyman Keith Brown

Host Organization: Long Island Alliance
Partner Org(s): Crossing Party Lines
State/Region: NY
Setting: Hybrid
East Northport Public Library 185 Larkfield Road, East Northport

The emergence of Hybrid vehicles (HEVs), plug-in hybrids (PHEVs), and full electric vehicles have been responsible for much innovation, but also much controversy. Full EVs, in particular, have increasingly become a partisan battlefield. So what is the correct way to approach this complicated and multifaceted issue? Can we cut through the partisan rhetoric to examine […]

NH Alliance Monthly Discussion Forum. “What do you think would strengthen our democratic republic at this moment in our history? What is one thing you can do to contribute to that process?” (NH – New Hampshire Alliance)

Host Organization: New Hampshire Alliance
State/Region: NH
Setting: Online

Our monthly discussion forum has a two-fold objective: to provide a safe place for participants to express their views honestly and fully; and to enhance each participant's' understanding of those with opposing views and why they hold those views.

Forum for Braver Angels Mental Health Professionals (SIG – Mental Health Professionals)

Host Organization: SIG - Mental Health Professionals
Setting: Online

This forum is open to mental health professionals, including psychologists, social workers, psychiatrists, marriage and family therapists, psychiatric nurses, life coaches, registered counselors, and school counselors. Restricted Attendance: This forum is open to mental health professionals, including psychologists, social workers, psychiatrists, marriage and family therapists, psychiatric nurses, life coaches, registered counselors, and school counselors.

Inland Empire Social at Escape in Redlands

Host Organization: nland Empire Alliance
State/Region: CA
Setting: In-person
Nevada Street Barrelhouse 721 Nevada Street, Redlands

Time to Kick Back, have some fun and get to know each other

Oregon Rural/Urban Project Tillamook Town Hall

Host Organization: Oregon Rural/Urban Project
State/Region: OR
Setting: In-person
Tillamook Library 1716 3rd Street, Tillamook

* Local Focus: Oregon As part of Braver Angels' effort to reduce political polarization among Oregonians, our Rural/Urban Project Town Hall brings Oregonians together to identify issues dividing rural and urban residents. This series of information-gathering Town Halls, to be conducted throughout the state will be followed by "common ground" moderated discussions where rural and […]

Depolarizing Within

Host Organization: State
Partner Org(s): Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Santa Fe
State/Region: NM
Setting: In-person
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Santa Fe 107 West Barcelona Road, Santa Fe

* Local Focus: Santa Fe, NM A free workshop to help you become more aware of your "inner polarizer" and learn methods for disagreeing without contempt and ridicule Polarization can be driven by how we talk with like-minded people about those on the other side. Too often, we stereotype, dismiss, or ridicule our fellow citizens […]

Misinformation or Misunderstanding: What’s Concrete, What’s Contested and What Questions We Could Ask Instead (WA – Western Washington Alliance)

Host Organization: Western Washington Alliance
State/Region: WA
Setting: In-person
Robert J. Drewel Building 3000 Rockefeller Avenue, Everett

Local Focus: Western Washington In today’s information landscape, not all claims are created equal. Some are grounded in measurable data—others are built on assumptions, interpretations, or abstract ideas. This interactive workshop offers a hands-on approach to distinguishing between the two. Together, we’ll explore: How to recognize the difference between concrete facts and contested claims How […]

Walk A Mile In My News – Sonoma County – Kickoff Meeting

Host Organization: Sonoma County Braver Angels
Partner Org(s): Bay Area Superalliance
State/Region: CA
Setting: Online

* Local Focus: North Bay Area of San Francisco About this event In the spirit of depolarizing our community and bringing people together, Sonoma County Braver Angels invites you to Walk a Mile in My News. This exciting experience pairs Blue-leaning and Red-leaning individuals for a two-week journey to share news sources and information about […]

Depolarizing Within (NY – Braver Angels of Tompkins County/Unitarian Church of Ithaca)

Host Organization: Braver Angels of Tompkins County
Partner Org(s): Unitarian Church of Ithaca
State/Region: NY
Setting: In-person
Unitarian Annex 208 E. Buffalo St, Ithaca

A free workshop to help you become more aware of your "inner polarizer" and learn methods for disagreeing without contempt and ridicule Polarization can be driven by how we talk with like-minded people about those on the other side. Too often, we stereotype, dismiss, or ridicule our fellow citizens who support the other political party, […]

Common Ground – Immigration (NY – Westchester Braver Angels Alliance)

Host Organization: Westchester Braver Angels Alliance
State/Region: NY
Setting: In-person
Heritage Tower Condominium Clubroom 15 Stewart Place, White Plains

Local Focus: Westchester County, New York About this event Join us for a Common Ground Workshop on Immigration. The Braver Angels Common Ground Workshop brings together equal numbers of Conservatives and Liberals - Reds and Blues (4-8 of each) - for a deep dive into a problem, such as addressing climate change, electoral reform or […]

Skills for Disagreeing Better

Host Organization: Central Maryland Braver Angels
State/Region: MD
Setting: In-person
Brightview Senior Living 505 High Acre Drive, Westminster

Note: This event is to be attended in person. 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 […]

National Panel Debate – Detroit Coliseum Debate and Social: Who Represents the Working Class? (Other)

Host Organization: Other
Setting: In-person
The Henry 300 Town Center Drive, Dearborn

Local Focus: Detroit, Michigan + National Audience Who truly speaks for the working class? Is there hope that populism—of the right or the left—might truly serve this group that so often feels overlooked? What does this multifaceted group want, anyway? Join us in person or via YouTube on Sunday May 18 at 2 pm EDT […]

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