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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.

AGE GROUP: | Seniors | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Talk/Lecture |

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Belvedere Tiburon Library

Phone: (415) 789-2661

Hours
Mon, Nov 04 9:00AM to 8:00PM
Tue, Nov 05 9:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, Nov 06 9:00AM to 8:00PM
Thu, Nov 07 9:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, Nov 08 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sat, Nov 09 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Nov 10 10:00AM to 5:00PM

About the branch

The Library was designed by the firm of Bull, Stockwell, and Allen. The architectural style is that of the 19th century railroad yard in Tiburon. 
 
The site is part of the landfill of the 1890s done to create the railroad yard. Windows frame views of the marsh lands and Old St. Hilary's Open Space preserve. 
 
The expanded library was designed by Brown Reynolds Watford Architecture and added approximately 9,000 square feet, bringing the total size of the library to about 19,500 square feet. 

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