The Issue for Cohort #6 is Ensuring Trustworthy U.S. Elections
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Summary and Slides (from Rick Frazier):
- Session 1 on February 5, 2024
Several Articles, Links, and Videos – No Postings Yet
Greetings Building Bridges Group Participants!
This website will be your “go to” site for all content shared during our current Building Bridges group meetings. Additionally, we will supplement our session materials with curated content from complimentary sources for your optional reading, viewing and review.
Thank You!
Rick Frazier
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SESSION RECAPS FOR THE CURRENT COHORT #6
Session 1 – February 5, 2024
Session 1 Handout
Session 1 Slides
Session 1 Summary
At our first session we covered the following (refer to above file):
Introductions – Each participant introduced themselves – name, neighborhood, hometown, why they joined this cohort
Introduction of the Group – How might participants benefit?
Shared overview of the three planned sessions
Partisan Divide Discussion – Shared a very brief Overview of the Divide Problem.
Discussed the difference between Story and Position
Conducted a full group Fishbowl – where each participant shared their Values, Concerns, and Desired Outcomes on Ensuring Trustworthy U.S. Elections and provided the full group the brief opportunity of asking questions. The ground rules for this discussion included:
- We are here to understand & explain, not convince
- Speak for ourselves
- Stick to the activity
- Respectful communication (listening and speaking)
- Confidentiality
After completion of the Fishbowl, each person identified their top 2-5 responses each for Values, Concerns, and Desired Outcomes and submitted them to the moderator for tallying.
Preparations for the Session 2 on March 4 we identified:
Moderator will consolidate and tally the responses, summarize, and send to all participants.
Participants will identify their support for each item to identify common ground and send in for use at session 2.
Participants were asked to identify 1-3 articles, videos, etc that are aligned with their thinking or particularly illuminating on the topic for posting to BuildingBridgesPH.com
Session 2 Preparation Instructions
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Ensuring a Trustworthy U.S. Election – Links, Articles, Books, Research, and Videos
Greetings All!
In support of our sessions, we use this section to post information of interest that might be of help to participants throughout ALL of our planned sessions.
Please send your found Links, Articles, Books, Research, Videos, and more to BuildingBridgesPH@gmail.com. We will post received links according to proper digital rights within 2 days. Links are in red. Please remember that some links require a personal subscriptions to the feed, and may not work (example: New York Times). Sorry.
Master List of Participant Submitted Articles, Reports, Videos, and Books on our Topic
| Description |
Bridging the Partisan Divide Links, Books, Articles, and Videos
Articles and Videos
Partisan Divide Websites
| Description | URL |
| Braver Angels | www.braverangels.org video |
| National Governors Association – Disagree Better | www.nga.org/disagree-better |
| CommonSense American – Bringing Common Sense to American Politics | https://www.commonsenseamerican.org |
| National Institute for Civil Discourse | https://nicd.arizona.edu |
| Better Arguments | www.betterarguments.org video |
| Bridge Alliance | www.bridgealliance.us |
| Many Other Organizations Bridging Divides | Organization Index (click on first category) ICCTR |
News or TED Videos
| Description | URL |
| TED Talk by Monica Guzman How Curiosity Will Save Us | Video |
| Yang and Guzman How to Build Bridges in Divided Times | Video |