Events calendar
Not sure which Braver Angels experience to try next? Take a quick stroll around the What we do page to learn more about our events. Unless specifically noted otherwise, all of our events are open to the public!
Alliance/Members Meeting – Southwest Ohio Alliance Meeting – August 2024
Springboro Municipal Building 320 West Central Ave., SpringboroAlliance/Members Meeting – Project 2025: Info-session with Dave
Marsha Barr's Garden (Outdoor covered space) 1939 Adams St, EugeneDepolarizing Our Conversations & Communities
Garrett's Restaurant & Bar 1631 North Bell School Road, Rockford- No events scheduled for 08/30/2024.
Red/Blue Workshop – Sessions 1 & 2 – IN PERSON
Northeast DC, near Gallaudet University 609 H St. NE, 4th Floor, Washington- No events scheduled for 09/01/2024.
Week of Events
Skills for Disagreeing Better – IN PERSON
Skills for Disagreeing Better – IN PERSON
Local Focus: Billings, MT 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 […]
Alliance/Members Meeting – Braver Angels West Virginia Alliance meeting for August 26, 2024
Alliance/Members Meeting – Braver Angels West Virginia Alliance meeting for August 26, 2024
For our August meeting, we will engage in a Braver Angels YouTube review. Before the meeting, find a video on the Braver Angels YouTube channel, and come ready to discuss what you saw at our meeting.
CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA 4TH MONDAY DISCUSSION
CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA 4TH MONDAY DISCUSSION
DISCUSSION: Did the Democrats bypass democracy when they nominated Kamela Harris?
Braver Network State Rep Orientation – Online
Braver Network State Rep Orientation – Online
Join us for a 1-hr orientation to learn about the Braver Network State Rep Volunteer Role. After this training you will be completely trained and ready to start working in the role.
Depolarizing Within
Depolarizing Within
Local Focus: Plymouth, MA A 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 […]
Alliance/Members Meeting – Braver Angels Milford, MI Meeting
Alliance/Members Meeting – Braver Angels Milford, MI Meeting
* Local Focus: Southeastern Michigan Skill building & event planning. Online or in-person @ St. George, 801 E. Commerce, Milford, MI. ** This event is open to the media upon approval. Send requests to press@braverangels.org
Book Discussion – NYC Alliance Book Club – Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
Book Discussion – NYC Alliance Book Club – Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
Book Discussion for Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis ** This event is open to the media upon approval. Send requests to press@braverangels.org
Alliance/Members Meeting – WWA Discussion Meeting: The November Elections
Alliance/Members Meeting – WWA Discussion Meeting: The November Elections
A Braver Angels style discussion of the November elections
Lunch Chats
Lunch Chats
Meet us for Lunch and a Discussion on current events, politics, and good news. Come tell us how you see it! ** This event is open to the media upon approval. Send requests to press@braverangels.org
Alliance/Members Meeting – Red Caucus Monthly Meeting
Alliance/Members Meeting – Red Caucus Monthly Meeting
Restricted Attendance: Red Members only Braver Angels Red Caucus
Families and Politics
Families and Politics
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 – Montana State Braver Angels meeting
Alliance/Members Meeting – Montana State Braver Angels meeting
Local Focus: Montana Monthly Montana Braver Angel meeting. Our focus in August will be on Trustworthy Elections; in September we will focus on Affordable Housing with our Wyoming neighbors, and in October we will join in a Reflect and Respond event focused on improving morale, increasing the spirit of community, and strengthening our democracy. ** […]
Alliance/Members Meeting – Southwest Ohio Alliance Meeting – August 2024
Alliance/Members Meeting – Southwest Ohio Alliance Meeting – August 2024
The events of July have fundamentally changed the 2024 presidential election, with a shocking, horrible assassination attempt, a broadly criticized debate performance, an unprecedented late change to the Democratic nominee, and two new Vice Presidential candidates. What was widely seen as a retread election is now a quite different race that voters are struggling to […]
BA Organizer Training – Online
BA Organizer Training – Online
Restricted 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 […]
Braver Angels Indiana Red/Blue Weekly Lunch
Braver Angels Indiana Red/Blue Weekly Lunch
Local Focus: Indiana Weekly lunch meeting of the BA IN Red/Blue lunch group.
Alliance/Members Meeting – Project 2025: Info-session with Dave
Alliance/Members Meeting – Project 2025: Info-session with Dave
Local Focus: Southern Willamette Valley, Oregon This is a Project 2025 info session and Q&A presented by Dave McLean. It is being held outdoors in a covered space.
Depolarizing Our Conversations & Communities
Depolarizing Our Conversations & Communities
Local Focus: This event is to be attended in person by neighbors in Rockford and surrounding communities. Braver Angels engages people across the political spectrum to depolarize our bitter political culture that produces dysfunction, cynicism, distrust, and even political violence. This in-person Braver Angels presentation and Q&A at Garrett’s Restaurant & Bar http://www.garrettsrestaurantbar.com/ will outline […]
Red/Blue Workshop – Sessions 1 & 2 – IN PERSON
Red/Blue Workshop – Sessions 1 & 2 – IN PERSON
A 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 two-part 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 […]