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Keyword: Bridging Divides
Promoting the Understanding and Value of Democracy in 2021
This event was hosted by County College of Morris. Funded through the “Why it Matters: Civic and Electoral Participation” initiative, the Democracy Conversation Project...
A conversation on democracy, participation, and justice with Eric K. Ward, executive director of Western States Center, and Adam Davis, executive director of Oregon...
Join KUOW, Humanities Washington, Spokane Public Radio and Northwest Public Broadcasting for Re:building Democracy a special YouTube virtual event and live broadcast as...
Talking In Place: What Can Vermont Town Meetings Teach Us About Bridging Divides?
Author Susan Clark, historian Paul M. Searls, podcaster Erica Heilman, and UVM professor Cheryl Morse reflect on what Vermont’s rural town meeting tradition can teach us...
Ryan Stolp, the creative force behind “Lift Lines” is our latest wonderful guest. His “Lift Lines” cartoon appears in the Jackson Hole Daily and on the news...
Is there a rural/urban political divide in Montana and, if so, how deep is it? Are there some issues that reach across this divide? This panel explores issues important...
A conversation with David French, senior editor for The Dispatch and author of “Divided We Fall: America’s Secession Threat and How to Restore Our...
Bridging the American Divide: A Search for Civic Responsibility
Most of us knew the left-right divide was widening in America. But did any of us think the extreme divisiveness would lead to the sacking of the United States Capitol...
With Malice Toward None offers participants an opportunity to hear, share with, and better understand one another across lines of difference. It also offers hope for...
Part one of a two-part town hall conversation about the principles of democracy and the contemporary threats to them. Featuring David Bromwich, Jedediah Purdy, Leah...
Michigan Humanities presented a series of virtual state-wide conversations that will examine the electoral process by exploring Michigan’s urban-rural divide and the...