The resources below are designed to support you as you grow in the work of Courageous Citizenship, equipping you to listen, learn, and lead.
These professional-level courses have been crafted by experts in communications and depolarization. They provide an effective and “safe” way to interact with people in difficult situations. These courses can be taken stand-alone, before a workshop, or after a workshop. Each course takes approximately 40 minutes to complete.
Build skills and engage. No matter where you are on your journey, there’s an experience for you. Join a workshop to build skills and have conversations with those you disagree with using the Braver Angels Way.
A Braver Angels Debate is an opportunity both to exercise our minds and to open our hearts. Unlike some debate programs, the point isn’t to win; it’s to understand the other side a little better. We designed our special parliamentary debate format to encourage everyone to participate, to support good faith, accurate disagreement, and to promote better understanding for all. They are always led by a specially trained Debate Chair.
The process involves one or two hour-long conversations between two people using a structured conversation guide. The goals are to better understand the experiences, feelings, and beliefs of the other person, discover any areas of commonality, and share ideas for how to bridge differences across our country.