BI ArticleDon't Take the "Hate Bait"
A post examining how we tend to all into the hate trap without even realizing it--and how not to.
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BI Article
Don't Take the "Hate Bait"
A post examining how we tend to all into the hate trap without even realizing it--and how not to.
BI Article
Don't Take the "Hate Bait!"
Returning hate with hate hurts everyone. Much better to return hate with inquiry and respect (even if it isn't deserved), and try to defuse the anger before it explodes.
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Not in Our Town: Quick Start Guide: Working Together for Safe, Inclusive Communities
This easy-to-understand and use guide lays out five steps that are needed to start one's own local "Not In Our Town" campaign to combat hate.
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Fear and Hatemongering
Bad-faith actors try to win support by sowing hate and making their potential supporters fear and distrust "the other side," framing them as the epitome of evil and their own side the ultimate good and savior from evil.
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We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest
Patrice O'Neill, Executive Director of Not in Our Town, reflects on the rapt attention needed to finally address racism in this country.
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Act Locally: Doing Nothing is Not an Option
From Not in Our Town, lots of resources on combatting hate and violence at the local level.
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Not in Our Town
NIOT is a movement to stop hate, address bullying, and build safe, inclusive, communities for all, using film, social media, and community organizing. NIOT helps local leaders build vibrant, diverse cities and towns for everyone.
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Speaking Out to Strengthen the Guardrails of Democracy
A new report from the Ohio State University Divided Communities Project focusing on how effective speech can encourage hope, counteract fear and hate, and strengthen democracy.
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In This Together
A campaign to help save the environment and repair our democracy by growing a diverse bipartisan community of America's silenced majority: common sense problem-solvers willing to overcome fear, anger, and division.
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How to Encourage Civility From Politicians? Give Them a Score
The Dignity Index encourages everyone, politicians and others, to check their speech and consider whether it dignifies or degrades those they see as political opponents.
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Building Resilience Against Violent Extremism in Schools (2022-2023) USA
BRAVE Schools, a project of the Karuna Center, works in partnership with middle and high schools in Western Massachusetts to proactively engage students and staff in preventing violence and strengthening resilience.
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The Brain on Authoritarianism
Better understanding the brain's response to fear, toxic othering, and threats to social identity will help pro-democracy organizers to confront the authoritarian playbook.
News and Opinion
The 'Other Side' Is Not Dumb -- Is it possible we're not right about everything?
A much-needed call for some old-fashioned humility and serious consideration of the possibility that we might have something to learn from our political opponents.
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Colombia's Peace-Whisperer Makes Plenty of Enemies
A profile of what it takes to fill one of society's most difficult and dangerous roles -- that of a peacemaker.