Do you find that communication breaks down over political disagreements with friends, family, or neighbors? Do you wonder if it is even fruitful to engage in potentially divisive subjects anymore?
Increasingly, we are siloed within communities that overwhelmingly share our own perspectives and lose the dynamism that diverse perspectives offer, a reality that drives today’s polarization. Separated, we often stereotype, dismiss, or ridicule those with whom we disagree.

Braver Angels is committed to helping people to address these tendencies and to cultivate skills that foster constructive engagement across our differences. You are warmly invited to participate in a 3-hour in-person skills-training workshop called Depolarizing Within. Workshop leaders will introduce communication skills that allow productive conversations with those you strongly disagree with, and will provide guided opportunities to practice these skills.

This program is sponsored by Charlotte Library and Braver Angels, but we want to invite members of the Hinesburg community to participate as well. To register, visit: shorturl.at/gHSYZ