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Civity Blog -- Bridging Divides to Strengthen Communities

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Looking for ideas on how, in the midst of the pandemic, to help people to create authentic, empathetic, and meaningful relationships with people who differ from themselves?

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Civity.org offers training and hosts conversations around the U.S., providing opportunities for people to meet and connect with people different from themselves. "Going forward, the experience of connecting across and through difference becomes an intentional and integral part of working for stronger and more resilient communities." Civity also offers a set of podcasts and a blog/newsletter which share stories of those acting with a "Civity mindset." The Spring 2020 posts are focused on responding to each other in the time of Covid-19 and are very useful in that regard.

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Dharma Talk at Upaya Zen Center with John Paul Lederach

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In one of the new, Coronavirus-era Zoom lectures, John Paul Lederach applies his theory of the Moral Imagination to COVID-19. #mbi_colleague

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Politics, Dialogue, and the Evolution of Democracy -- Ken Cloke

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There is an alternative to all-out, us-vs-them politics. For those who want to learn about it, this is a good place to start. #mbi_knowbase

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Building Trust, Confidence and Collective Action in the Age of COVID-19

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A first-rate, must-read analysis of larger social context of the COVID-19 crisis with realistic, concrete steps we can all take to minimize the damage. #mbi_context

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Building Trust, Confidence and Collective Action in the Age of COVID-19

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A first-rate, must-read analysis of larger social context of the COVID-19 crisis with realistic, concrete steps we can all take to minimize the damage. #mbi_context

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Coronavirus, Beyond Intractability, and the Constructive Conflict Initiative

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Please help us pool what we collectively know about working together to fight the virus (and resisting the forces of social disintegration). #mbi_cci

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Coronavirus: The Case for Canceling Everything

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The time has clearly come to de-escalate the rhetoric, abandon us-versus-them thinking, and start doing all that we can to protect one another. #mbi_context

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Intractable Conflict: A "Climate Change-Class" Problem

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For a time when we are rightly worried about the threat posed by climate change, an argument that destructive conflict poses a similar challenge. #mbi_frontiers

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The Evolutionary Choice: "Power With" or "Power Over"

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When I prepared this 2017 talk on the evolutionary choice between democracy and authoritarianism I was afraid I was overreacting. Not anymore. #mbi_frontiers

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