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Every week, people with different politics sit down and actually listen to each other. No debate. No convincing. Just honest conversation — with skilled facilitators who keep it human.

Conversations are designed. Not Left to Chance.

There are clear ground rules, structured formats, and trained moderators.

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Conversations Are Designed, Not Left To Chance

 

Our conversations are intentionally structured to reduce threat and encourage listening, reflection, and mutual respect.

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Trained moderators guide the conversation, ensure everyone is heard, and step in when things get tense — so participants don’t have to manage conflict alone.

Understanding Comes Before Problem Solving

The goal isn’t consensus or conversion. It’s understanding—learning how others see the world and being seen in return. From there, more respectful and workable solutions become possible.

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CPL 200: Moral Foundations in Political Conversation

Moral Foundations Theory provides a useful framework for talking politics.

We begin by discussing each of the six foundations and getting a taste of how they can manifest differently in different people.

This leads to exploring some of the tensions intrinsic within the foundations themselves, which opens the door to moving from the moral/immoral dichotomy to an appreciation of how interacting with people who are differently moral to us leads to a more nuanced view of any issue and eventually to better solutions.

In this workshop you will:

  • Learn to recognize the moral underpinnings of your own views
  • Listen for indications that one or more of the six moral foundations is at play in a political discussion.
  • Bring morality into a discussion in a non confrontational way
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