Events
GEORGIA EVENTS
SAFEGUARDING OUR DEMOCRACY: A BI-PARTISAN DISCUSSION ON ELECTION PROTECTION IN GEORGIA. Tuesday, October 15, 2024, 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM, Georgia State University, Speakers Auditorium, Student Center East, 55 Gilmer St SE, Atlanta, GA 30303. Free to the public.
BARBARA BROWN TO SPEAK AT THE REHUMANIZE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, Garden Hills Rec Center, 339 Pine Tree Dr NE, Atlanta, GA: "Resisting Affective Polarization: Rehumanizing Our Communities"
Two 90-Minute Workshops
Skills for Disagreeing Better
Do you want to have better conversations with people you often disagree with about politics? Do you wish that family members and friends on the other political side would listen better to your views about politics? In less than two hours you can learn how to help that happen.
If you listen well to people they will usually listen to you. Listen not just for what the other person believes, but what values and experiences lie behind a position. Listen to understand, not to refute.
That’s what you will learn in this Braver Angels workshop: skills for listening, understanding more fully, and sharing your perspectives in constructive ways–even when you disagree sharply. This is an interactive workshop with discussion and a chance to practice the skills.
Depolarizing Ourselves
More often than not, it's not "those people" that are the problem. Have you ever noticed how much you and your friends enjoy bashing people on the other political side in your conversations among each other? That contributes to the dismissive and hostile attitudes that "we" have about "them" and that "they" have about "us."
October 13, Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church
12:15 p.m. - 25 Boulevard N.E. Atlanta, Ga 30312 REGISTER HERE
October 20, First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta
12:45 p.m. - 1328 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta, GA 30309. REGISTER HERE
For more information and to schedule either a Skills for Disagreeing Better or a Depolarizing Ourselves workshop for your group, club, congregation, school parents' organization or neighborhood, contact Sharyn Dowd at sdowd@braverangels.org.
DANCING TO THE POLLS
Saturday, October 19 · 10am - 1pm --- High Museum of Art- at the piazza -1280 Peachtree Road Northeast Atlanta, GA 30309
Why are we fighting each other when we all want the same beautiful life? Whether Democrat or Republican, liberal or conservative, or somewhere in between, we all desire a world filled with peace, prosperity, opportunity, planetary wellbeing and above all — joy. We’re bringing the collective joy back to collective action — So dress in purple — and let’s party to the polls! Voter registration available.
Georgia Monthly Zoom Meetings
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In-Person Gatherings
Next in-person meeting will be a dutch-treat lunch. Everyone welcome. 57th Fighter Group Restaurant, 3829 Clairmont Rd, Atlanta, GA 30341, Sat October 19 - noon - 2 p.m.
Georgia is a big state, so every month on the SECOND TUESDAY at 8 p.m. we hold a zoom meeting for members and anyone interested in finding out more about Braver Angels Georgia. Everyone on the email list will receive a notice about the next meeting.
Every month on the third Saturday we hold an in-person meeting at the 57th Fighter Group Restaurant, 3829 Clairmont Rd, Atlanta, GA 30341, noon-2 pm.
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