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Amplifying and Speeding the Natural Conflict Learning Process

BI Article
Benefits of Intractable Conflict
Conflict is change. Without it, attitudes, behavior, and relationships stay the same, regardless of whether they are fair. Although conflict is often understood as something negative, this essay explores its many benefits.

BI Article
Heidi Burgess Talks With James Coan about Taking De-Polarization Work "to Scale."
Dialogue is great for the few participants, but it simply cannot be scaled up enough to change societal attitudes and behaviors. James Coan and Heidi Burgess discuss alternative ways to scale depolarization work.

BI Audio/Video
Walt Roberts and Caleb Christian Talk about the Inter-Movement Impact Project and the Need for Inter-Movement Organizing

BI Article
James Coan and Katie Hyten on Scaling Up Dialogue and Other Forms of Interpersonal Communication to Bridge Political Divides
Interpersonal communication is not the only way to reduce political divides; other much more "scalable" approaches work in addition to, not instead of, one-on-one communication to reduce hyper-polarization.

Colleague Activities
James Coan of More Like US on Scaling Bridging Efforts
Civity talks with James Coan of More Like US, a national organization that seeks to correct political misperceptions -- helping people see that we're not really as different as we sometimes think we are --at scale.