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Moving Beyond Partisan Polarization: Some First Steps
From Essential Partners: 5 steps (with detailed questions for each) to have illuminating conversations with yourself, allies, and others to reduce polarization.
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Braver Angel's "E-Courses"
These professional level 40-minute courses have been crafted by experts in communications and depolarization. They provide an effective and "safe" way to interact with people in difficult situations.
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Polarization Conversation Guide
A simple, easy-to-use guide that will allow anyone to lead a constructive conversation about political polarization from LivingRoom Conversations.
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The All-America Conversations Toolkit
This free toolkit from the National Civic League helps people take small, specific actions that give them a sense of confidence that they can work across dividing lines to create stronger and more equitable communities.
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Narrative Competency
A short description of the meaning of narrative competancy, together with annotated links to 15 documents on how to develop and use such competence.
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Limiting Communication Problems and the Resulting Misunderstandings
People often develop inaccurate (and inflammatory) images of the things that the other side (and, sometimes, their side) is saying and doing. Correcting these misunderstandings can do much to illuminate unrecognized areas of agreement and eliminate unjustified sources of friction.
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Constructive Communicators
Conflict is driven by the images that we have of one another -- images that derive from often flawed processes of interpersonal and mass communication. Constructive communicators help us overcome the limitations of these processes.
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Communication Failures
Communication often breaks down in conflict. Sometimes it gets cut off altogether. Other times people use hostile language that just makes the conflict worse. Or the disputants' background information and worldviews are so different that they think the other side is "evil," or "stupid," or "crazy," even though they have good reason to think as they do, given the information that they are basing their attitudes and actions on.
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Livingroom Conversations Resources
We've highlighted LRC before, but haven't focused on their excellent resources for the times we get together with family and friends.
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In Ohio, one man's quest to get more voters to agree to disagree
The story of one man in Ohio who has started Dinner and a Fight--a dialogue process to get people talking across differences.
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Creating Space for Democracy: A Primer on Dialogue and Deliberation in Higher Education
A set of case studies illustrating ways different campuses have successfully navigated the political conflicts that are riling so many colleges and universities.
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Building The Bridge To Peace: Reframing Peace And Peacebuilding
A discussion of existing mindsents around peacebuilding; research-based suggestions for reframing the way we present this work to outsiders so they understand what it involves.
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Empathy Circle Game
The Empathy Circle Game was created to enrich listening and communication skills through a series of engaging in-person group activities.
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Difficult Dialogues National Resource Center
DDNRC seeks to ensure that college campuses sustain freedom of expression and academic freedom, promote pluralism, and expand opportunities for constructive communication across different perspectives.
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LivingRoom Conversations Conversation Topics
A listing of topics by category, each with a free, easy-to-use conversation guide.
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The Horizon's Project Sensemaking Podcasts
Sensemaking, or what we'd call framing, is essential for understanding what's happening and how to respond to world events. Here are six short videos with leading peacebuilders about their sensemaking practices.
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Three Dirty Little Secrets To Improve Your Political Conversations
Being conscious of harmful habits leads to more meaningful political conversations. We don't really listen or even understand our own views.
News and Opinion
How to Disagree Better
From the Atlantic, links to three articles outlining ways in which we can discuss controversial issues more constructively.