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Escalation Educators
Escalation Educators expose the dangers posed by conflict escalation and closely linked hyper-polarization, and help people in all walks of life learn the skills needed to avoid escalation and polarization in the first place, and if it is too late for that, reverse it and start to heal its wounds.
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Mediators and Conciliators
Mediators and Conciliators help deeply-conflicted parties break down their polarization and escalation by helping them, often for the first time, really listen to and come to understand the concerns of the other side, and helping them reframe their conflict, so they no longer see it as the fault of the other side, but rather as a mutual problem that can be solved.
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Crisis Responders
Crisis Responders act quickly to prevent or contain violent (or sometimes just especially hateful and destructive) confrontations. Their focus may be on preventing eminent violence, bringing an end to ongoing violence, or preventing violence from reemerging (or all of the above.)
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Overcoming Hyper-Polarization, Escalation, and the Forces of Disintegration
Polarization and escalation tend to make conflicts increasingly intense. But there are a variety of conflict resolution strategies that can help de-polarize and de-escalate conflicts so that they at least do less damage, and at best, might be resolved.
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De-escalation
De-escalation can take place through de-escalatory language (such as I messages and active listening) and de-escalatory behaviors such as conciliatory gestures, gradual reduction in tension (GRIT) and other measures designed to break negative stereotypes and build confidence between groups.
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Meet the People Working on Getting Us to Hate Each Other Less
A great summary, with lots of links, to the projects that are making massively parallel efforts to defuse hyper-polarization a reality.
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You Gotta Hand It To The Mormons
Jonathan Stray highlights the power of forgiveness and how the Mormons have used this and other peacebuilding tools to help build bridges across the US politial divide -- even raising funds for the family of the man who attacked them.
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Braver Angels
Braver Anges seeks to diminish the growing partisan animosity which now threatens the United States. Theywork to bring Americans together to bridge this divide and strngthen our democratic republic.
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More in Common
More in Common works on both short and longer term initiatives to understand and address the underlying drivers of fracturing and polarization, and build more united, resilient and inclusive societies.
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New Study: A Promising Method to Build Trust in Information and Reduce Partisan Animosity
A new method significantly reduced feelings of hostility between political party members to a level that resembles the political climate of the 1980s, when Republicans and Democrats got along.
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Can We Transform Our Politics? Utah Governor Spencer Cox Addresses the Braver Angels Convention
Governor Cox talks about his new "Disagree Better" Initiative which he hopes will help revive healthy American politics because, he says "the alternative is unthinkable."
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Braver Angels' Quest for Civic Renewal
David Stid points out Braver Angel's "4 key success factors:" an evidence-based approach, political balance among leaders and participants, formal procedures, and straong core values.
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Livingroom Conversations
LRC connects people across divides and within communities to build understanding through conversation.
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Violence de-escalation trainings are key to making movements stronger
As provocateurs try to discredit protests, having civilians trained in the skills of de-escalation gives people power a greater chance of success.
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Elevating Community Safety and De-Escalation Approaches
An interactive map from the Bridging Divides Initiative showing where to get community safety and de-escalation training in every U.S. state.
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Discussion Paper: Understanding How the Community Safety and De-Escalation Ecosystem Is Responding to Political Violence Risk
Based on interviews with 30+ practitioners, this paper finds that community safety and de-escalation approaches to countering political violence are a fast-evolving specialization within the peacebuilding field.
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Violence Prevention Starts with Good Engagement
While national politics is engendering increased distrust of government and political violence, local governments are finding new routes for de-escalation, civility, and problem-solving.
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Disagree Better: As governors of Colorado and Utah, we want to tackle toxic polarization
An encouraging look at steps that governors are taking to limit toxic polarization and earn the trust of the electorate.
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There’s a Path Out of This Divide
A moving account of the way in which Mormons have responded to the brutal attack on its church in Grand Blanc, MI -- the kind of the response that really could help us walk back from the brink.