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Host Organization: Braver Angels Fairfax County

Red/Blue Workshop – Session 1 – IN PERSON

Host Organization: Braver Angels Fairfax County
Partner Org(s): George Mason Regional Library
State/Region: VA
George Mason Regional Library 7001 Little River Turnpike, Annandale

Local Focus: Fairfax County, Virginia Get beyond the stories we tell about each other to discover the truth, and create a forum to discuss our viewpoints without judgment. About this event Please join us for an intensive in person workshop, in two sessions, that will bring together Republican-leaning and Democratic-leaning citizens for structured conversations, with […]

Local Community Debate – Local Discussion on the Divided Inter-faith Dialogue

Host Organization: Braver Angels Fairfax County
State/Region: VA
Lewinsville Presbyterian Church 1724 Chain Bridge Road, McLean

Local Focus: Fairfax County, VA de·bate| dəˈbāt | - noun - A highly structured conversation in which a group of people think together, listen to one another, and are open to being changed by ideas. About this Event This in-person event will examine why dialogue among many faith traditions have divided into liberal-leaning groups (often described […]

Local Conversation About Abortion – In Person

Host Organization: Braver Angels Fairfax County
State/Region: VA
Lewinsville Presbyterian Church 1724 Chain Bridge Road, McLean

Local Focus: Fairfax County, VA and environs Local Discussion: How America Should Govern or Legislate Regarding Abortion. We'll start our April meeting by giving participants an opportunity to state briefly, in a sentence or two, their opinion on abortion. We will then shift to our discussion topic of How America should govern or legislate regarding […]

Skills-Based Worksession Focused on 1:1 Golden Rule Conversations – In Person

Host Organization: Braver Angels Fairfax County
State/Region: VA
Lewinsville Presbyterian Church 1724 Chain Bridge Road, McLean

This in-person skills-building session will focus on understanding elements of the Braver Angels 1:1 Golden Rule Conversation. Donna Murphy, who administers the 1:1 Conversation program nationally (and is a Fairfax Alliance member) will facilitate discussion of the Golden Rule as applied to depolarizing conversations with our time together including both group discussions and one-on-one conversations […]

Family & Politics – IN PERSON

Host Organization: Braver Angels Fairfax County
State/Region: VA
McLean Presbyterian Church 1724 Chain Bridge Road, McLean

Family relationships can be casualties of a toxic political environment. Preserve important family bonds while staying true to your values. About this event Family relationships can become casualties of a toxic political environment. Family members are having bitter political arguments, avoiding each other, or even cutting off lifetime relationships. If you want to preserve important […]

Alliance/Members Meeting – In person discussion on Ukraine funding

Host Organization: Braver Angels Fairfax County
State/Region: VA
Lewinsville Presbyterian Church 1724 Chain Bridge Road, McLean

Local Focus: Fairfax County, VA Group discussion: how much aid our government should provide, and more broadly how we believe our nation should use its resources. We look forward to hearing your response the following questions: What is your opinion on further aid to Ukraine versus funding domestic issues? If you had authority to allocate […]

Alliance/Members Meeting – Fairfax County holiday season get-together – In Person

Host Organization: Braver Angels Fairfax County
State/Region: VA
Private home Fairfax VA 6704 Kerns Road, Fairfax

At our December meeting we will celebrate the holiday season and look forward to the new year. We’ll set aside more than our usual 30-minute arrival window for socializing with a suggested icebreaker topic of how your holiday celebrations this year will incorporate or reflect your childhood holiday memories (i.e., how have your traditions evolved […]

Alliance/Members Meeting – 2024 Alliance Planning Meeting – In Person

Host Organization: Braver Angels Fairfax County
State/Region: VA
Lewinsville Presbyterian Church 1724 Chain Bridge Road, McLean

Local Focus: Northern Virginia The Fairfax Alliance canvassed members in December for interests to be addressed in 2024. This Alliance meeting will review what we heard and set a tentative set of topics for monthly meetings during the calendar year.

Alliance/Members Meeting – Fairfax Alliance February Meeting

Host Organization: Braver Angels Fairfax County
State/Region: VA
Falls Church Episcopal Church 166 East Broad Street, Falls Church

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

Alliance/Members Meeting – Fairfax Alliance Meeting – faith/belief systems discussion

Host Organization: Braver Angels Fairfax County
State/Region: VA
Falls Church Episcopal Church 166 East Broad Street, Falls Church

* Local Focus: Northern Virginia This month's meeting will be an open discussion on how our personal belief systems influence our own political/policy beliefs and highlight topics of greatest concern for follow-up by speakers representing different belief systems in our April meeting.

FFX Alliance Monthly Meeting: Panel discussion on how religious or moral beliefs inform our politics

Host Organization: Braver Angels Fairfax County
State/Region: VA
Falls Church Episcopal Church - Nicoloson Hall, Room 231 115 E Fairfax St., Falls Church

Local Focus: VA, DC, MD - the Washington DC metropolitan area At our April 15th meeting, we have a panel featuring knowledgeable speakers of a number of religions following discussing how their religious or moral beliefs inform our politics. They'll consider how our current political environment reinforces or changes these views on a number of […]

Alliance/Members May 14th Meeting: Who Owns the “American Story?”

Host Organization: Braver Angels Fairfax County
State/Region: VA
Falls Church Episcopal Church, Nicoloson Hall 115 E Fairfax St., Falls Church

* Local Focus: Northern Virginia suburbs and Washinton, DC At this next meeting, we will explore the subject “Who owns the American story?”. It opens all sorts of doors, from immigrant stories to a conversation about “owning a story” and what that might mean to different people ** This event is open to the media […]

FFX-VA Alliance Mtg: Convention Highlights & Immigration Discussion, Part 1

Host Organization: Braver Angels Fairfax County
State/Region: VA
Falls Church Episcopal Church - Rm 231 Nicholson Hall 115 E Fairfax St, Falls Church

Convention Recap & Immigration Discussion, Part 1 ** This event is open to the media upon approval. Send requests to press@braverangels.org

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