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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 […]

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

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 […]

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.

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 […]

Polarization is Hurting Us All: Let’s Have a Conversation (CA – San Luis Obispo Alliance/Improv for Good)

Host Organization: San Luis Obispo Alliance
Partner Org(s): Improv for Good
State/Region: CA
Setting: In-person
Trinity Presbyterian Church 1301 Osos Street, San Luis Obispo

A free Structured Braver Conversation about Polarization, how it's hurting us, and what to do about it. ** This event is open to the media upon approval. Send requests to press@braverangels.org

Local Community Debate – School Funding (NH – State)

Host Organization: State
State/Region: NH
Setting: In-person
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church 52 Gould Road, New London

Local Focus: New Hampshire Come join us for this 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 what you think. About this Event Resolved: "Our school funding problem should be fixed by expense cuts rather than […]

Families and Politics (CO – Braver Angels Denver)

Host Organization: Braver Angels Denver
State/Region: CO
Setting: In-person
Independence Institute Address 727 E 16th Ave, Denver

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 […]

National Community Debate – National Debate: Modern Media (BA National – Debates)

Host Organization: BA National - Debates
Setting: Online

Join Braver Angels to debate. About this event Join Braver Angels for a debate on the topic – "Resolved: Social media companies should fact-check users" 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 […]

Skills for Disagreeing Better (BA National/Carter Center)

Host Organization: State
Partner Org(s): Carter Center
State/Region: - National
Setting: Online

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 side as principled and the other side as self-interested. […]

Event Series Alliance/Members Meeting – DC Alliance Monthly Membership Meeting

Alliance/Members Meeting – DC Alliance Monthly Membership Meeting (DC – Braver Angels Washington, DC)

Host Organization: Braver Angels
State/Region: DC
Setting: In-person
Political Pattie's 901 G St NW, Washington

Local Focus: Washington, DC Join the Braver Angels DC Alliance for our monthly membership meeting. Meet other local volunteers, hear what's going on this month, and find ways to volunteer with Braver Angels. We'll devote the first hour to the formal meeting and the second hour to a social, so come get involved and make […]

Minnesota State Alliance Open House

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

* Local Focus: Minnesota The Minnesota State Alliance Open House is a place to bring the curious questions that you wonder about, but might not have someone on the other side you feel safe asking. Our hope is that you feel OK to be “Open and Honest” with your curious questions, to better know ourselves […]

Local Debate: Undocumented immigrants should have a path to legalize their status without citizenship

Host Organization: Braver Angels Alliance of Central NC
State/Region: NC
Setting: In-person
Holy Infant Catholic Church Durham

Come join us for this 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 what you think. About this Event Resolved: Undocumented immigrants should have a path to legalize their status without citizenship You probably haven’t experienced […]

Local Community Debate – The United States should prioritize domestic interests over international leadership

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

Come join us for this 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 what you think. About this Event Resolved: The United States should prioritize domestic interests over international leadership. You probably haven’t experienced anything like […]

Event Series Central/Eastern WA Alliance – monthly Program meeting

Central/Eastern WA Alliance monthly Program meeting

Host Organization: Central / Eastern Washington Alliance
State/Region: WA
Setting: Online

Local Focus: Central /Eastern Washington Alliance of Braver Angels This is a monthly discussion meeting and each month features a new topic and format.  All are welcome and you can sign up for our local Mailchimp list by clicking the link below.  Zoom links are sent out one week before the meeting.

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

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!

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