Skills for Disagreeing Workshop in Kettering

Skills for Disagreeing Better is a free Braver Angels workshop that helps participants understand the values and concerns of those who differ from them politically. It teaches essential skills for communicating across differences and finding common ground. In this polarized time, we lack basic understanding of why people on the other political side hold their beliefs. We don’t see them as they see themselves – their core values and central concerns – but instead as we choose to see them. We are tempted to regard our own side as principled and the other side as self-interested. And when we try to communicate across this gap, we often lack the skills for listening carefully, looking for common ground, and sharing our perspectives in ways that connect rather than create more misunderstanding. We can learn to disagree better in polarized times, which means accurately seeing where we differ and where we share common ground. Register at the link; email Jillian Foster at [email protected] for more information.