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Daniel Stid -- PS: Three Further Reflections on "Pluralism in the Trump Era"

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Daniel Stid's three key "take-aways" from a conference on Pluralism in Action: we have a choice between pluralism and war; political resistance and civic renewal are different tasks, and pluralism is not a field. See why!

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Heidi and Guy Burgess Talk with Tom Klaus and Lamar Roth in their "Third Space"

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Tom Klaus and Lamar Roth talked with Guy and Heidi Burgess about Beyond Intractability, hyper-polarization, constructive conflict, and ways we are going to get out of the "mess" we are in.

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Rosa Zubizarreta-Ada: Transformative Power and Empathic Connection: Changing Contexts, Generating Inclusive Mindsets

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Rosa Zubizarreta-Ada explores solutions to the "Achilles Heel of democracy," in which free speech allows illiberal speech, which then threatens the very democracy that allows it.

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The Engineering and Medical Approaches to Fixing Broken Systems

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Complex adaptive systems cannot be fixed using typical engineering problem solving. Rather they need to be approached using a "medical model," which is designed to deal with systems we don't entirely understand.

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Massively Parallel Peace and Democracy Building Links for the Week of January 26, 2025

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Two weeks' worth of readings from colleagues and journalists about hyper-polarization, intractable conflict and more.

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Massively Parallel Peace and Democracy Building Links for the Week of January 12, 2025 - Part 2.

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This is the second of a two compilations of links collected over the holiday break.

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Harry Boyte Talks with Heidi Burgess about the U.S. Civil Rights Movement and the Lessons it Can Teach Us

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Harry Boyte explained how the ideas of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement from the 1950s and 1960s can be adapted by anyone wanting to make fundamental change in their communities and their societies.

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Representative Derek Kilmer on the House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress and De-polarization

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Guy and Heidi Burgess talked with Rep. Derek Kilmer on how to break down polarization in Congress and in society in order to actually solve problems collaboratively. There is much to learn and utilize here!

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