Skills for Political Depolarization Within

Braver Angels National Online Workshop on Skills

for Political Depolarization Within

(For more information, contact Orlando Rodriguez, Organizer at [email protected])

Workshop: Saturday September 19, 2pm Eastern time

Register at https://braverangels.org/events/

This is a course designed to foster skills to help you lessen the effects of polarization when you encounter them in your political conversations. We are not referring to healthy disagreements over issues or philosophy. We are talking about how we regard and talk about large groups of ordinary people on the other side of the political aisle.

This workshop teaches skills to become more aware of your own inner polarizer and finding ways to counteract that impulse; learning how to be critical without stereotyping, dismissing, ridiculing, or showing contempt; and building skills for intervening in a constructive way in social conversations that veer into contempt and ridicule for people who hold other political views.

Braver Angels seeks to depolarize American politics. Our volunteer leaders (supported by a small staff) leverage Braver Angels programs and unique organizing structure to impact community life and American institutions. Our objective is to move Americans from hatred or disdain to respect and appreciation