Use this POST DATE ORDERED BLOG for Colleague Activities posts. Individual entries can be drawn from links to information about colleague activities posted elsewhere on the web or from write-ups that we have done and posted on BI (see "MBI Core Content Basic Pages" coded as "Seminar/Discussion: College Activities") NOTE: Entries need to be made for all existing Colleague Activity posts using the same Title and Facebook-Length Summary. 

Fight the Return of the Old Normal: A Guidebook for Envisioning a Racially Just & Transformative Future

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We can choose to live in the “old normal” of racial injustice and human exhaustion or we can imagine and design a "new normal" built around a vision for a better future.

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The Village Square--Chris Stirewalt: Broken News

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A former Fox News political editor gives an inside view of the rage-driven political environment in which we find ourselves.

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Moving From Ladders of Engagement to Self-Organizing As Decentralized Leadership

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A description of a self-organizing strategy for producing a decentralized, non-hierarchical type of engagement and leadership that is better suited to the demands of large and complex societies.

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How The Current uses community listening and solutions journalism to make an impact in Louisiana. 

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A video showing how one community uses solutions journalism to hold local government accountable and to explore opportunities for mutually beneficial problem-solving.

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How Affective Polarization Undermines Support for Democratic Norms 

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When in power, political parties tend to oppose constitutional protections that they support when they are out of power -- a tendency that undermines efforts to cultivate broadly supported norms.

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Trust in SCOTUS in the wake of Roe v. Wade

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80% of Americans think the Supreme Court should be independent from politics. Before Dobbs, 39% thought it actually was; after Dobbs that number was down to 24%.

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The Abortion Talks: A Documentary

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A documentary describing one of the conflict field's most successful efforts to build mutual understanding and respect across deep moral differences.

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Tim Urban: Why are we so divided? And what can we do about it?

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An interesting TED talk exploring how we can move toward a world that is less angry and more filled with curiosity, cooperation, and respect.

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