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When the Conversation Hits a Nerve…Don’t Take The Bait! YOU Can Lead the Conversation OR Watch It Implode At the next Cincinnati Braver Angels Alliance gathering, we’ll tackle the moment we all know too well: - When your chest tightens. - Your patience thins. - You’re backed into a corner. - Do you shut down […]
* Local Focus: The Caucus has more than 100 signed up members from across the United States (and a few outside the USA). Our monthly discussion topics have been varied (see historical list at our webpage) and our conversations welcoming to all, discerning and friendly. We meet in the Braver Way and review that mutual […]
* Local Focus: Eugene/Springfield and surroundings, Oregon We will divide into pairs and have three, 20-minute, topic-focused conversations, followed by unstructured social time. Find your Braver Angels hosts at an outside table with BA posters.
Note: This event is to be attended in person. Join us on May 12 and learn essential skills for communicating across differences and finding common ground with respect and a bit of fun. In this polarized time, we lack basic understanding of why people on the other political side hold their beliefs. We don’t see […]
Current Events Discussion
Note: This event is to be attended in person. Is political tension hurting your family and friendships? Learn how to understand the values and concerns of people who see politics differently. Explore simple, practical skills for listening so others feel heard, and for sharing your own views in a way others can receive, even if […]
Restricted Attendance: All Michigan residents welcomed Local Focus: Michigan Residents This is a series of monthly gatherings for Braver Angels members of Michigan, and the public, previously known as the Virtual Alliance meeting. We'll be meeting to connect with one another for conversation and to help each other with our own depolarization efforts. ** This […]
** Local Focus: Oregon's Washington and Yamhill counties Practice your depolarizing conversation skills in a Braver Angels casual meet-up, while supporting local businesses. Look for our signs at one of the picnic tables (we will be outside, so be prepared for the weather).
Local Focus: Portland, Oregon Monthly Discussion Meeting for Braver Angels Portland Metro ** This event is open to the media upon approval. Send requests to press@braverangels.org
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! […]
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
Are you a Braver Angels Debate volunteer or volunteer-in-training? If so, join us for the next Braver Angels Debate Volunteer Forum. This space will be an opportunity for Debate volunteers and volunteers-in-training to connect and learn from one another and other BA leaders!
** Local Focus: Indiana focus. All BA members and subscribers are welcome. Weekly discussion meeting of the SCIN BA Lunch group. All BA members/subscribers are welcome to join us for a discussion on a variety of topics. Participation in previous BA workshops is encouraged!
Join SWFL Braver Angels for our monthly Membership & Information Session on Thursday, May 14, 2026, from 6:00–8:00 PM EST at Temple Beth-El in Fort Myers. This gathering is a welcoming space to build relationships, share ideas, and help shape local Braver Angels programming, workshops, and initiatives rooted in courageous citizenship.
Note, this is NOT a film screening. Please watch the movie before you join us for the discussion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWt4OaMVLJk&rco=1 Eighth Grade (2018) is a modern, realistic, coming of age drama that explores what life is like for a struggling teenager growing up in an American suburb today, at a time when social media is both […]
Please join us at McBride Memorial Library, 500 North Market Street, Berwick PA, each Friday from 11 am - 12 pm to discuss current events. Participants will have the opportunity to: 1. Practice civic engagement 2. Meet new people in the community Meetings will be facilitated and use clear ground rules.
As Braver Angels, we love to share with others what we have learned and experienced on our journey. However, the skills to tell our story in 10 seconds or less takes a little shift in perspective and some practice. This workshop will help you develop a short, clear and memorable way to talk about Braver […]
* Restricted Attendance: Braver Angels members only Monthly office hours to ask Elizabeth Doll and other Braver Politics volunteers your questions and connect about what work is ongoing.
NOTE: While this free event is being organized from California, it is open nationwide to anyone who is interested in attending a short online workshop. About this event Polarization is fueled by how we talk about those on the other side of an issue. Too often, we ridicule, dismiss, or stereotype our fellow citizens. When […]
Local Focus: Temecula Valley Have you noticed that nobody seems to agree on the basic facts about current events anymore? Everybody is sure their sources of information are reliable. But the discrepancies between two sources’ accounts of the same event can be so glaring, it’s like they didn’t occur in the same country. So how […]
Note: This free* event is to be attended in person. About this event Polarization is fueled by how we talk about those on the other side of an issue. Too often, we ridicule, dismiss, or stereotype our fellow citizens. When Braver Angels addresses “polarization,” we are not referring to healthy disagreements over issues or philosophy. […]
About this event Join us for a Common Ground Workshop on Policies to Address Unauthorized Immigrants in U.S. Today. 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 […]
Join us from 3:00-4:30 on May 16 at Ballard Library. We'll talk about recent successes and challenges, practice an important skill (are you good at steel manning an argument you disagree with?), vote on future meetings, and try a mixer game.
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 […]
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 […]
Immigration Discussion will focus on concerns and values ** This event is open to the media upon approval. Send requests to press@braverangels.org
Braver Angels Member and Community Appreciation Reception
* Local Focus: Sarasota/Manatee Counties Much of today’s polarization is 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, its leaders, and its policies. This free, three-hour workshop teaches participants: How to be more […]
"Moon Joy"--Artemis and the Future of the U.S. Space Program
Note: This free* event is to be attended in person. About this event Polarization is fueled by how we talk about those on the other side of an issue. Too often, we ridicule, dismiss, or stereotype our fellow citizens. When Braver Angels addresses “polarization,” we are not referring to healthy disagreements over issues or philosophy. […]
