Events

Two New 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.

Then, when you get to express your own views, use the skills taught in this workshop to make your points in a way the other person can take in.

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. Sometimes you find more common ground than you thought possible.

This is an interactive workshop with discussion and a chance to practice the skills.

August 21, Athens, GA

Chapel, Presbyterian Village Athens, 1400 Live Oak Lane, Athens, GA 30606, Wednesday, 8/21,           2 - 3:30 p.m. REGISTER HERE . We have to know how many participant guides to prepare.

August 25, Atlanta, GA

Sunday, 8/25, 2-3:30 p.m. Home of a Braver Angels member: 1891 Ravenwood Way Northeast Atlanta, GA 30329. Space for 20 people. THIS WORKSHOP IS FULL.

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."

For more information and to schedule a workshop for your group, club, congregation, or neighborhood, contact Sharyn Dowd at sdowd@braverangels.org.

GEORGIA POLITICAL ISSUES DISCUSSION GROUP - Every six weeks on zoom. Contact Judy Byrd at judybyrd@gmail.com for topics, pre-read and zoom link. Meetings resume soon. Open to members, visitors, interested people who can converse according to the "Braver Angels Way" 

Georgia Monthly Zoom Meetings

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In-Person Gatherings

Next zoom meeting will be Tuesday, September 10, 8-9 p.m. for members and guests. 

Next in-person meeting will be a dutch-treat lunch. Everyone welcome. 57th Fighter Group Restaurant, 3829 Clairmont Rd, Atlanta, GA 30341, Sat September 21, 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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