Skills for Bridging the Divide - Workshop by Braver Angels
July 22, 2020 on Zoom 7-9 PM
Sponsored by Concord & Western Quarters
Conversation Training for a Polarized Society
In December of 2016 … With passions still high following the election we assembled 10 Trump supporters and 11 Clinton supporters in South Lebanon, Ohio. This would become our first Red/Blue Workshop. The goal was simple. We needed to see if Americans could still disagree respectfully – and just maybe, find common ground. Some thought it wasn’t likely. We proved our skeptics wrong. https://braverangels.org/our-story/
Madelena Rizzo and Jennifer Elam are experienced moderators for the Braver Angels organization. Braver Angels was organized in 2016 to help participants with opposing political views learn to speak with one another with respect and understanding while still holding onto their core beliefs. Madelena and Jennifer will conduct an official Braver Angels workshop designed to teach us these skills in this 2-hour online experience.
Madelena Rizzo is currently in her fifth year in a dual law/clinical psychology graduate program at Drexel University. She attended Friends Central School in Wynnewood, PA, from 1st grade to 12th grade and credits the school with instilling in her a lifelong pursuit of the common good.
Jennifer Elam is a member of Berea Friends Meeting in Berea, Kentucky, with a PhD in school psychology from the University of North Carolina. She is a licensed psychologist who has studied Quaker spirituality and the lives of the Christian contemplatives and mystics.
This is a special event that requires registration by July 21. You will be sent the Zoom in an email confirmation.
Register by July 21 at: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUofuqopzIvHtZA8pGbVpMB3fe3G8qBbNwp
Participants are asked to take an online module that takes about 40 minutes within a week of the workshop. That link is here: https://braverangels.org/online/online-skills-training/ You are welcome to complete the online module even if you cannot attend the workshop.