Alliance/Members Meeting – Braver Angels of Central Ohio Meeting – In Person
State/Region: OH Setting: In-person Red Door Tavern West 5th Avenue 1736, ColumbusLocal Focus: Central Ohio Braver Angels Central Ohio Meeting
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Experience the Power of Appreciative Inquiry!
Host Organization: Braver Angels Berkeley/Oakland/San Francisco State/Region: CA Setting: OnlinePresentation followed by experiential practical sessions in breakout rooms ** This event is open to the media upon approval. Media contact: Ciaran O'Connor, ciaran@braverangels.org
Alliance/Members Meeting – West Suburban Alliance Monthly Meeting – April
Host Organization: West Suburban Alliance-MSP State/Region: MN Setting: In-person Feed My Starving Children 18732 Lake Drive East, ChanhassenService project, packing food at Feed My Starving Children
Alliance/Members Meeting – Rochester Alliance: Recap of the Disagreeing Better Workshop
Host Organization: Congressional Districts 1, 2, & 7 State/Region: MN Setting: In-person Rochester MN Public Library 101 2nd St SE, Rochester* Local Focus: Rochester Minnesota, Olmsted County Review and practice skills from the Disagreeing Better Workshop. This meeting is open to all, whether attending the 4/24 Talking Sense Event or not. Braver Angels member or not. Discuss skills for communicating accurately with people with whom we differ and with whom we share common ground. ** […]
Debate Chair Training: Mock Debate – Online
Host Organization: BA National - Debates State/Region: - National Setting: Online Online USRestricted Attendance: Completed debate chair e-Course, attended debate chair Q&A session If you have completed our debate chair training eCourse and attended a Q&A session with an experienced chair, you are well on your way to chairing your first debate! The third and final step is practicing your skills in a mock debate! Join us […]
Alliance/Members Meeting – Ambassador Training Support Group
Host Organization: State State/Region: MN Setting: Online Online US* Local Focus: Minnesota At each online meeting, the group discusses one of the self-study training modules to become a BA Ambassador. Learn about BA for your own navigation and plan to make an Ambassador presentation to a group in your area.
BA Organizer Training – Online
Host Organization: BA National State/Region: - National Setting: OnlineRestricted Attendance: Trainees should register as a trainee Organizer before attending the first session. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe5lVgDgX7RqttcoyufixBmkGos1sQp5BpiiGT-XWq-dzjKeA/viewform Braver Angels Organizers fill an essential volunteer function and are often the glue that holds BA workshops together. This 90 minute, weekly training is led by Organizer trainers, Casey and Yvonne. The four week training schedule starts on the first […]
Book Discussion – Braver Angels Utah: Book Club 2024
Host Organization: Braver Angels State/Region: UT Setting: Online Featured
National Online Debate: Racial Inequality
Host Organization: Braver Angels Debates State/Region: - National Setting: Online Online USJoin Braver Angels to debate. About this event Join Braver Angels for a debate on the topic – "Resolved: Be Colorblind." Come join us for this free national debate, in which all participants from across the ideological spectrum will have an opportunity to speak and ask their questions. Tell us what you have experienced and […]
Skills for Disagreeing Better – IN PERSON
Host Organization: Braver Angels State/Region: MI Setting: In-person Northfield Township District Library 125 Barker Rd, Whitmore LakeLocal Focus: Whitmore Lake, mi 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 […]
Braver Angels of Color Caucus Monthly Meeting
Host Organization: Snohomish County Alliance State/Region: WA Setting: OnlineMonthly meeting for Angels of Color Caucus members and the greater Braver Angels Community. ** This event is open to the media upon approval. Media contact: Ciaran O'Connor, ciaran@braverangels.org
Intro to Braver Angels: Crossing the Continental Divide – IN PERSON
Host Organization: Braver Angels Alliance Capital Region NYS State/Region: NY Setting: In-person Roxborough Holdings - Old Grafton Elementary School Babcock Lake Rd / Rte 2 Intersection, GraftonLocal Focus: Capital Region of NY and adjacent areas. Can Braver Angels help bridge our political divides? There will be an IN-PERSON one-hour workshop entitled Crossing the Continental Divide, which is designed to introduce you to the depolarizing work of Braver Angels. Braver Angels was founded in 2016 as a grass-roots initiative to help depolarize […]
“Red-Blue” Workshop – Sessions 1 and 2
Host Organization: BA National State/Region: - National Setting: OnlineA forum to discuss your own viewpoint, without judgment, and get real answers to sincere questions of understanding from other viewpoints. About this event Description Join us for a free one-day intensive workshop that brings together Red (conservative or Republican-leaning) and Blue (liberal or Democratic-leaning) citizens for moderated activities and structured discussions that reduce stereotyped […]
Skills for Disagreeing Better
Host Organization: Braver Angels Bloomsburg Partner Org(s): Bloomsburg Public Library State/Region: PA Setting: In-person Bloomsburg Public Library 225 Market Street, BloomsburgNote: 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 […]
Depolarizing Within – IN PERSON
Host Organization: Central / Eastern Washington Alliance State/Region: WA Setting: In-person Winthrop Public Library 112 Norfolk Rd, WinthropA free workshop to help you become more aware of your "inner polarizer" and learn methods for disagreeing without contempt and ridicule About this event 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 […]
BA of Wilmington Alliance 1 Year Anniversary Potluck Celebration
Host Organization: Braver Angels of Wilmington NC State/Region: NC Setting: In-person Long Leaf Park, Shelter #3 314 Pine Grove Drive, WilmingtonLocal Focus: Wilmington, NC and surrounding areas BA of Wilmington Alliance 1 Year Anniversary Potluck Celebration ** This event is open to the media upon approval. Media contact: Ciaran O'Connor, ciaran@braverangels.org
Dinner and a Fight – In Person
Host Organization: Chicagoland Braver Angels Alliance State/Region: IL Setting: In-person TBA - Chicago ChicagoRestricted Attendance: only open to BA members and subscribers Local Focus: Chicago and surrounding counties within 1 hour radius What is Dinner and a Fight? Is it a fight? No! It’s an in-person, interactive event that gets Reds, Blues, and Others engaged in productive civil disagreement over a delicious meal. The event will be held […]
Texas Hold’em: Are we gambling with a border solution?
Host Organization: Inland Empire Alliance State/Region: CA Setting: OnlineHow best to play the cards we are dealt? Reds and Blues have discussions in breakout rooms on the topic of the border, followed by main room summation.
Book Discussion – West Suburban Alliance Book Club
Host Organization: West Suburban Alliance-MSP State/Region: MN Setting: In-person Ridgedale Library - Ladyslipper Room 275 12601 Ridgedale Drive, MinnetonkaPlease read and come prepared to discuss your thoughts on the book Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World and Why Things Are Better Than You Think, by Hans Rosling.
Alliance/Members Meeting – Braver Angels Cincinnati Welcome Meeting
Host Organization: Cincinnati Alliance Group State/Region: OH Setting: OnlineLocal Focus: Cincinnati, OH Please join us for an introduction to the Greater Cincinnati Braver Angels Alliance. We will get to know one another, and share our Alliance's purpose, events, and how you can get involved. This meeting is intended for those who are relatively new to Braver Angels, but anyone who would like to […]
Alliance/Members Meeting – TN Braver Angels All-Hands
Host Organization: TN - State State/Region: TN Setting: Online Online US* Restricted Attendance: Only open to dues-paying members of any of the three Braver Angels alliances in Tennessee: the Memphis Area Alliance, Braver Angels Nashville, or the East Tennessee Alliance. * Local Focus: Tennessee
Skills for Disagreeing Better
Host Organization: Other Partner Org(s): Yavapai College OLLI Program, Prescott Campus State/Region: AZ Setting: In-person Yavapai College, Prescott Campus, Building 31, Room 102 1100 E. Sheldon Street, PrescottNote: This event is to be attended in person. * Restricted Attendance: Members of Yavapai College Osher Life-long Learning program ** Local Focus: Prescott, AZ and surrounding areas 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 […]
Skills for Disagreeing Better
Host Organization: Houston Area Alliance State/Region: TX Setting: In-person Fellowship Hall, St. Stephen's United Methodist Church West 43rd Street 2003, HoustonNote: 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 […]
May 2024 Debate Chair Forum
Host Organization: Braver Angels Debates State/Region: - National Setting: OnlineRestricted Attendance: Restricted to Debate Chairs and those who have begun the training process (by completing at least step 1- the training Ecourse) 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 […]
NYC Debate: Media and Democracy
Host Organization: New York City Alliance State/Region: NY Setting: In-person Comedy Cellar Village Underground 130 W 3rd St, New Yorkde·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 Resolved: Mainstream Media is a Threat to Democracy You probably haven’t experienced anything like a Braver Angels Debate. It's not a political debate, […]
A Respectful Exchange of Ideas: What My Political Party Stands For or Why I am an Independent
Host Organization: Braver Angels of Wilmington NC State/Region: NC Setting: In-person TBA - North Carolina WilmingtonRestricted Attendance: People interested in Braver Angels and ways to decrease political polarization Local Focus: Wilmington, NC and surrounding areas A Respectful Exchange of Ideas: What My Political Party Stands For or Why I am an Independent
Civil Conversations Series – In Person
Host Organization: Braver Angels Arkansas Partner Org(s): Central Arkansas Library System State/Region: AR Setting: In-person Fletcher Library 823 N Buchanan St, Little RockLocal Focus: Event will be in person only at Fletcher Library, 823 N Buchanan St, Little Rock, AR 72205 The Civil Conversations series is a monthly event with the following goals: 1) practice and improve civil communications skills while discussing specific topics; 2) identify common ground/common points that people can agree on within a specific […]
Alliance/Members Meeting – Milwaukee Area Braver Angels Alliance – First Meeting Kickoff
Host Organization: Braver Angels State/Region: WI Setting: In-person Three Lions Pub - Kensington Room North Oakland Avenue 4515, MilwaukeeLocal Focus: Milwaukee and Southeastern Wisconsin We need your voice and input to steer our alliance toward the issues most important to you. Hear a short presentation on the Braver Angels mission & approach, the big events we are planning this summer and opportunities for getting involved, followed by a listening session to help guide […]
Intro Sessions for Newcomers & New Volunteers
Host Organization: Braver Angels Alliance CT State/Region: CT Setting: OnlineLocal Focus: Connecticut Learn about how citizens and elected officials from across the political spectrum are coming together to bridge the partisan divide, and how you can help too. Bring your questions and enthusiasm. Feel free to join us for Part 1 and/or Part 2, based on your interest: 7:00PM ET — Part 1: For […]
Alliance/Members Meeting – Ambassador Training Support Group
Host Organization: State State/Region: MN Setting: Online Online US* Local Focus: Minnesota At each online meeting, the group discusses one of the self-study training modules to become a BA Ambassador. Learn about BA for your own navigation and plan to make an Ambassador presentation to a group in your area.
