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Crossing Party Lines Events Calendar

Name: Do We Serve the Government, or Does the Government Serve Us??
Start: 2026-09-27T17:00:00-07:00
End: 2026-09-27T19:00:00-07:00

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1 event 13 1 event, 13 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Who Should Get to Choose the Candidates? September 13 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT Who Should Get to Choose the Candidates? Before voters choose who will hold public office, someone has to decide which candidates make it onto the general-election ballot. In the United States, that process varies widely: some primaries are limited to party members, others allow u	0 events 14 0 events, 14	0 events 15 0 events, 15	0 events 16 0 events, 16	0 events 17 0 events, 17	0 events 18 0 events, 18	1 event 19 1 event, 19 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Book Club; New Deal Law and Order: How the War on Crime Built the Modern Liberal State September 19 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm PDT Book Club; New Deal Law and Order: How the War on Crime Built the Modern Liberal State New Deal Law and Order: How the War on Crime Built the Modern Liberal State by Anthony Gregory, 2024, 491 pages (Starchild, Michael) Most Americans remember the New Deal as the crucible of modern liberalism. But while it is most closely ass
1 event 20 1 event, 20 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Government Transparency: What Should the Public Have a Right to Know? September 20 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT Government Transparency: What Should the Public Have a Right to Know? In a democracy, public access to information can help people understand how decisions are made and hold institutions accountable. At the same time, some government information involves privacy, security, investigations, or sensitive decisio	0 events 21 0 events, 21	1 event 22 1 event, 22 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Moderator Training Info Session September 22 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm PDT Moderator Training Info Session Do you ever wonder what it takes to run a Crossing Party Lines conversation? Are you curious to find out whether or not you have what it takes? Are you interested in taking your communication skills to the next level? Come to this info sess	0 events 23 0 events, 23	0 events 24 0 events, 24	0 events 25 0 events, 25	1 event 26 1 event, 26 11:00 am - 1:00 pm Workshop: Talking About Facts September 26 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm PDT Workshop: Talking About Facts Newcomers to Crossing Party Lines often scratch their heads when they hear we discourage “an overreliance on facts to prove our points.” Returning members “get it” but are often unsure about how to respond to other people’s facts or even ho
1 event 27 1 event, 27 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Do We Serve the Government, or Does the Government Serve Us?? September 27 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT Do We Serve the Government, or Does the Government Serve Us?? Americans often talk about the government as something created to serve the people. At the same time, citizenship can also involve responsibilities to the larger community and to the institutions we share. At this meeting, we’ll explore how	0 events 28 0 events, 28	0 events 29 0 events, 29	0 events 30 0 events, 30