Events and info from the latest Braver Angels newsletter [View all]
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Feeling each others’ fears (workshop)
On July 28 at 8 pm ET, we’ll host a deep-dive fishbowl exercise for a mix of Reds and Blues. The idea: so each side can learn about the other's political fears and understand how we might better respond to fears that inhibit working political relationships. [NOTE: It will be a better experience if you have completed at least one other Braver Angels workshop.] Register here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/what-are-we-afraid-of-fishbowl-tn-state-registration-1388303516189
Questions? Kali Kucera kkucera@braverangels.org
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Helping our mental-health pros
The next forum intended specifically for our mental-health and helping pros is July 18 at 4 pm ET. The topic: "Engaging in Graceful Revolution: Navigating the unknown with intention," with Dr. Melissa Bird, a nationally recognized lay preacher, author, healer, and podcaster. Participants will learn practical tools to ease self-doubt and increase confidence, address challenges in advocacy, including communicating with clients, coworkers, staff, and colleagues, and learn to become more comfortable with uncertainty and imperfection. Register here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/forum-for-braver-angels-mental-health-professionals-registration-1428816501619
Questions paige@braverangels.org
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Learn how to "disagree better"
Why do we have such difficulty understanding why people on the other political side believe as they do? Why don’t we see them as they see themselves instead of as we choose to see them? Those are just two of the core questions addressed in our Skills for Disagreeing Better workshop on July 26 at 2 pm ET. Learn skills for listening carefully, looking for common ground, and sharing perspectives in ways that connect rather than creating more misunderstanding. Register here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/skills-for-disagreeing-better-ba-national-workshops-registration-1345771882929
Questions? paige@braverangels.org
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ChatGPT gets very “Braver Angels” !!
Amy Musson, a Braver Angel in the Santa Ynez Valley, CA, asked ChatGPT to have a dialogue with her, channeling the spirit of Ben Franklin. The responses were inspiring, intriguing -- and very much in the spirit of Braver Angels!
On the topic of division:
But let me speak plainly. ‘E Pluribus Unum’ must be chosen, again and again...'Out of many, one' is not a natural state — it is an act of continual commitment. A republic, like a friendship, is sustained by the willingness to be in relation even when we differ. If you have lost kin and companions over politics, I grieve with you. I lost a son to Loyalism. I never saw him again. He died before we could repair what duty and bitterness broke. Ask yourself — as I often did: What do I value more? The correctness of my opinion, or the possibility of continued connection?
For more of her dialog with AI, contact Amy at amyk@amykcoaching.com.
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