CANCELED Depolarization Within
A Unique Braver Angels Workshop
Workshop participants learn strategies to engage in politics respectfully and redirect peer conversations that demonize opponents.
About Braver Angels
Founded in 2016, Braver Angels is a citizens' organization that brings red and blue Americans together to understand each other beyond stereotypes, form community alliances, and reduce affective polarization.
About the Workshop
"The Depolarizing Within" workshop teaches participants to examine their own attitudes towards political "others" and develop strategies for engaging in politics without demonizing opponents. Participants will also learn how to constructively intervene in conversations with like-minded peers when those discussions stereotype or demonize the other side.
Goals
- Increase awareness of your own "inner polarizer"
- Learn to criticize viewpoints without stereotyping, dismissing, ridiculing, or holding contempt for those who disagree with you
- Develop techniques to speak up effectively in polarizing conversations with peers about people on the other side of the political spectrum
The Depolarizing Within workshop is open to everyone. It is ideal for workplaces, communities of worship, social clubs, and educational institutions that want to reduce or avoid the divisiveness of political polarization.
Please note that this workshop lasts three hours, including a short break. Light refreshments will be provided.
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