Community Cultivators: Using Connection and Civility to Advance Political Discourse.Conversational civility is a form of activism for changing our community norms of “us vs them” to embracing ideological diversity as a method for continued dialogue and movement toward opportunity. This conversation provides diverse insights on how to make that shift and maintain a human perspective.
Panelists and Participants will focus on how to:
- Approaching political and ideological conversations without damage to you or your relationships
- Moving beyond the ideological tug of war with people who think differently on any political issue
- Mitigating dehumanization during discussions in our personal lives and public spaces
- How to reach beyond stalemates of opinion, perspective, and preferences to find connectivity and opportunity