Alliance/Members Meeting

Southeast Pennsylvania Braver Angels invite you to join us as we plan for the coming year, an important year to make headway in fighting political polarization and rancor with the presidential election coming in November. Our meeting goals: - Provide a short refresher for interested/returning alliance members - Solicit and prioritize member input for 2024 […]

Monthly meeting - discuss needs / actions during 2024 election season * Local Focus: Northern Virginia

Local Focus: Los Angeles and neighboring area Informal social gathering for LA Alliance Members, volunteers and interested parties. Please bring your own drinks and preferably an appetizer or other food item to share.

Local Focus: Connecticut ** This event is open to the media upon approval. Media contact: Ciaran O'Connor, ciaran@braverangels.org

Public trust in government is hovering near all-time lows and vicious political partisanship is tearing civil society apart. These truths seem as self-evident as any. Where do we go from here? And what is our role as citizens?

What is the value of each type of education to students and society and what is the loss to us if we don't have each type of higher education? What is the cost and how do we pay for it when it is paid for differently in other countries? ** This event is open to […]

Local Focus: Central Ohio Braver Angels of Central Ohio - One on One Conversations

Local Focus: Twin Ports Area Northern Alliance Facilitated Discussion ** This event is open to the media upon approval. Media contact: Ciaran O'Connor, ciaran@braverangels.org

Local Focus: Colorado The June gathering of community members interested in engaging in civil discourse. The event will start by selecting a topic that sparks differing opinions among the group. An alliance member will guide the discussion if necessary, to foster a productive exchange of views. This event aims to promote respectful dialogue and encourage […]

What we get in our media diets is that legislators don't really talk across the aisle, everyone is too far apart and it's colored by national politics. The leaders of the caucuses will deliver very different remarks, there isn't the socializing and getting meals together that used to happen and lobbyists have too much power. […]

In our June meeting, we will plan for an upcoming debate that is patterned after the BA national debates.

Local Focus: DC, VA, MD Monthly Alliance Discussion Meetings ** This event is open to the media upon approval. Send requests to press@braverangels.org

Monthly meeting of the CE-VA Alliance. Guests welcome!

This month we are partnering with One Small Step for an interactive workshop. Created by StoryCorps, One Small Step is an effort to remind the country of the humanity in all of us, even those with whom we disagree. The initiative brings strangers with different political beliefs together for a conversation—not to debate politics—but to […]

Local Focus: Ohio Currently in Ohio, politicians and lobbyists manipulate voting districts to protect their interests and guarantee their re-election. As a result, incumbents running for reelection almost never lose. In other words, we let politicians choose their voters. The Citizens Not Politicians Amendment bans lobbyists and politicians from the process and instead empowers voters […]

Local Focus: Central/Eastern Virginia Braver Angels asks participants to identify as "Red," "Blue," or "Other." Why? What's the purpose of labeling ourselves? What do the terms "red" and "blue" -- or even "conservative" and "liberal" -- mean to us? Alliance members, guests, and walk-ins are welcome to join this conversation about the significance of colors […]

Local Focus: Minnesota Are you willing to be curious? Do you have a curiosity about the other side but there’s no one to ask in your circle of friends and family? Beginning in December, your state coordinators will hold monthly Open Houses on Zoom to field your questions. We welcome you to ask your question. […]

Local Focus: Georgia Monthly online meeting for Braver Angels Georgia members and interested persons.