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. 

What Do We Mean by “Extremists” and “Moderates”?

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Those terms relate more to conflict strategies than they do to conflict interests and positions.

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The Tennessee 11

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This intimate, fly-on-the-wall document puts you in the room where eleven local leaders from across the political spectrum gathered to discuss gun rights and safety — and to achieve the impossible: find common ground

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Biden said he wanted to bring Americans together — why didn't he?

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An op-ed on Biden's polarizing approaches, and what we can learn from that

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Why Are Academics Liberal?— BCB #108

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A discussion of why there aren't more conservative academics, plus bridge-building groups to look out for, and protesting isn't change by itself. As always, thoughtful essays!

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Campus Protests and Police Force: An Ethical Framework

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In a new essay, Archon Fung looks at this current wave of campus protests and asks if civil disobedience is permissible, and how much disruption should be tolerated at universities today.

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A Conversation about Partnering with Community Mediation Centers

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DG Mawn, President of NAFCM and Caleb Christen, Co-Founder of Inter-Movement Impact Project have a thought-provoking conversation about incorporating community mediation centers into local democracy hubs.

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Fostering Civic Renewal and Building Bridges with Braver Angels

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NCDD has consolidated the insights, ideas, and meeting notes from various individuals and groups as they recapped the 2024 Braver Angels Convention

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America Must Face Its Civic Crisis

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No matter who wins the U.S. election, the return of civic hope—and with it, the future of our democracy—depends on the return of the citizen: the conceptual and practical restoration of everyday Americans to the center of self-government.

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