Coming up at Braver Angels

Braver Angels is an organization whose mission is bringing Americans together to bridge the partisan divide and strengthen our democratic republic. They are sponsering several FREE online events that look pretty great:

Trump’s first 100 days. The Trump administration has threatened to end birthright citizenship. In this highly structured conversation, we will discuss whether we agree with this policy.
✅ Sign up National Debate Series: Trump’s First 100 Days
March 13 at 8 p.m. ET

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The work of the CFPB. Watch Inside Job, a 2010 documentary about the causes of the 2008 financial crisis and why Congress created the CFPB in response, then join us for a discussion on Trump’s plans to dismantle the CFPB.
✅ Sign up National Film Club discussion of “Inside Job” and the CFPB
March 20 at 8 p.m. ET

Blue in a sea of Red? If you lean Blue and are surrounded by Reds at work, in your family, social, or religious community, learn safe and effective ways to communicate your beliefs and values.
✅ Sign up Being Blue in a Red Environment
March 22 at 1 p.m. ET

Setting up a debate. Do you want to bring a debate to your Alliance? Join this training to learn tips to help you choose a resolution to put together the best debate possible.
✅ Sign up Braver Angels Resolution Development Workshop
March 26 at 6 p.m. ET

Working with gun owners. Calling mental health pros: join our discussion in which the leaders will share their experience with the intersection between mental health and the firearms culture.
✅ Sign up Forum for Braver Angels Mental Health Professionals
March 28 at 4 p.m. ET

Calling debate chairs. Are you a BA Debate Chair or Chair-in-Training? If so, please join us for our next Debate Chair forum where you can connect and learn from one another and other BA leaders.
✅ Sign up for April 2025 Debate Chair Forum
April 16 at 8 p.m. ET

Find common ground. We will bring together an equal number of Reds and Blues to do a deep dive into the topic of immigration. By the end, we will jointly come up with shared points of agreement, values, concerns, and policies.
✅ Sign up Common Ground – Addressing Immigration
April 19 at 2 p.m. ET

Tough conversations. Read about a great talk Moni gave at Dartmouth and how you can use the LOOP method in your own conversations (and what happens when you wrestle with a pig!)
📖 Read How Curiosity Can Make Tough Conversations Manageable

How should we respond? Reading the news can lead to a tremendous spike in anxiety for many of us no matter where we are on the political spectrum. Read these interesting ideas for how to pivot.
📖 Read Integrating The News

BA in the news. BA gets a shout-out in this local California paper.
📖 Read Ideas & Opinions — Hits & Misses: Hit to Braver Angels and Table Top Conversations

A better form of anger. This author argues we can channel our anger into more productive avenues than a visceral dislike of one another and how organizations like BA are helping us do so.
📖 Read Trump re-election puts U.S. anger center stage. Let’s find a better way to cope

Bridge the divide. This episode of Outrage Overload is on the forces fueling political division including how we often see the “other side” as more extreme and threatening than they actually are.
🎧 Listen to How Correcting Misperceptions Can Heal Political Divides

Fear vs. anxiety. Fear is immediate. Anxiety lingers. Both are powerful, but when ads, social media, and politics weaponize them, we are vulnerable in today’s polarized world.
🎥 Watch Fear vs anxiety: how both are weaponized

 

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