Conversations Heroes
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Common Ground Committee is about “Bringing Light Not Heat To Public Discourse.” We are free of political agenda and financial influences, with a singular focus on demonstrating productive public discourse. Our mission is to pursue initiatives which reveal common ground for finding truth, clarity, understanding and progress on issues of importance in a civil manner that does not require compromise of fundamental principles. |
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Listen First Project encourages conversations that prioritize understanding to bridge divides and mend our frayed social fabric, addressing the universally felt crisis of division and dehumanization across differences. We catalyze the #ListenFirst movement powered by 250+ partner organizations, thousands of individuals, National Conversation Project, and local chapters around the world. LFP focuses on society at large, schools, and workplaces while recognizing those who champion the Listen First mission. |
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Promoting critical thinking, education, and informed citizenship by presenting controversial issues in a straightforward, nonpartisan, primarily pro-con format. |
Bruce Bond |
Joe Christenbury |
Mary Lauer |
Thomas McSteen |
Debilyn Molineaux |
Sabrina Moyle |
Walt Roberts |
Sterling Speirn |
David Tarico |
Andrew Warren |
Conversation Champions
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Living Room Conversations are a conversational bridge across issues that divide and separate us. They provide an easy structure for engaging in friendly yet meaningful conversation with those with whom we may not agree. These conversations increase understanding, reveal common ground, and sometimes even allow us to discuss possible solutions. |
Graham Bodie |
Dana Dupuis |
Katherine Harris |
Blaise Hazelwood |
Heather Hopkins |
Tabitha Isner |
Bruce Jentleson |
Neil McGaraghan |
Conversation Advocates
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Kamy Akhavan |
Sophie Beren |
Barbara Bodie |
Bob Brooks |
Russ Charvonia |
Lida Cheng |
Jaclyn Clark |
Kurt Davis |
Linda Devore |
Nadia Diboun |
Andrew Edmonds |
Chuck Flournoy |
Craig Freshley |
Karen Gross |
Margaret Hauser |
Chip Jones |
Liz Joyner |
Kay Lindahl |
Jamie McReynolds |
Doug O'Brien |
Clark Riemer |
Marie Roker-Jones |
Janet Scott |
Stephanie Short |
Gregg Sinders |
Amanda Smithfield |
John Steiner |
Owen Stevens |
Larry Sweet |
Evelyn Thornton |
Tara West |
#ListenFirst Coalition
| 2Civility | Essential Partners | Project Civ |
| 3-Minute Storyteller | Ever Widening Circles | Project Divided |
| A Year of Listening | Everybody Loves Lincoln | Proxy.vote |
| Action Utah | FairVote | Public Dialogue Consortium |
| Active Listening Center | Family Dinner Project | Public Engagement Associates |
| Activist Theology Project | FixPnyx | Public Engagement Partners |
| Alive Inside | FixUS | Public News Service |
| AllSides | Frayed News | Purple America |
| American Centrist | Free Intelligent Conversations | Purple Project for Democracy |
| American Dialogue Project | Free Radicals | Purpose Power |
| American Gun Safety Association | Future500 | Q Ideas |
| American Listening Project | Generation Nation | Quorum |
| American Promise | Generations Project | ReConsider |
| American Psychological Association | gnomi | Red Blue Together |
| American Public Square | Greater Akron Civility Center | Red Boot Way |
| AmerXchange | Harvard Centrist Society | Reject Documentary |
| Arukah Network | Harvard Negotiation Program | Relationships First |
| Ask Big Questions | Healthy Democracy Coalition | Relationships, Love, & Happiness Project |
| Ask, Listen, Learn | Help Good Agency | RepresentUs |
| Citizenship and American Identity Program | Heterodox Academy | Resolutionaries |
| Aspen Institute Socrates Program | How Do We Fix It? | RespectAbility |
| At the Table Colorado | Howard County Library | Rise |
| Be Civil Be Heard | Hyland Software | RISE @ Oxford High School |
| Better Angels | iCivics | Rise of the Bulls |
| Big Tent Nation | Indiana Campus Compact | Sacred Discourse |
| Bites Media | Inspire US | Sanity Media |
| Boston Public Library | Institute for Civility | Seeds of Peace |
| Bridge Alliance Education Fund | Institute for Emerging Issues | Shifting the Conversation |
| Bridge the Divide | Intentional Insights | Sidewalk Talk |
| BridgeUSA | International Listening Association | SMART Conversations |
| Bridging Our Divide | Iowa Program for Public Life | Smart Politics |
| Bridging the Divide | Issue One | Solidarity Party USA |
| Brite Heart | IssueVoter | Someone To Tell It To |
| Brockport Community Development | Jefferson Center | Spaceship Media |
| Building Community Capacity | Jumping into Civic Life | Speech Moves |
| Burke-Paine Society | Junior State of America | Squishtalks |
| California Center for the Book | Kansas City Public Library | State Legislative Leaders Foundation |
| Campus Vote Project | KS Leadership Center | Straight White Guy Listening |
| Carl Wilkens Fellowship | La Crosse Public Library | Students for Free Expression |
| Catholic Common Ground | Let's Fix This | Sustained Dialogue Institute |
| Center For Building a Culture of Empathy | Let's Talk Democracy | TableTalk Global |
| Center for Civic Design | Listen First Consulting | Take Back Our Republic |
| Center for Culture-Centered Approach | Listen First Project | Talking Eyes Media/Bring It to The Table |
| Center for Mind and Culture | Listen for a Change | Tara West Mediation |
| Center for Public Deliberation | Listen The Movie | The America Unity Project |
| Center for the Study of Liberty | Listeners Unite | The American Project |
| Charles Koch Institute (unlisted) | Listening Wisdom | The Autry Museum |
| Charlottesville Chalkfest | Living Room Conversations | The Center for Election Science |
| Charter for Compassion | Living To Listen | The Civic Circle |
| Citizen Demos | Love Boldly | The College at Brockport |
| Citizen Discourse | Make America Dinner Again | The Constellation |
| Citizen Jane Blog | Make Shift Coffee House | The Conversationalist |
| Citizen University | Marriage Resource Center | The Flip Side |
| Citizens Above Partisanship | McCourtney Institute for Democracy | The Fulcrum |
| Civic Dinners | Mediators Foundation | The Golden Rule |
| Civic Hall | Millennial Action Project | The Great Reset |
| Civic Health Project | Mismatch | The Harwood Institute |
| Civic Spirit | Mixed Company Games | The Joy of Argument |
| Civicus SPEAK! | Modern American Party | The Listening |
| Civil Politics | Momentum Communications | The Listening Space |
| Civil Society Movement | More in Common Podcast | The Love Vote |
| Civility Experts | NAACP - Ambler PA | The OpenGov Foundation |
| Coffee Party | Natn'l Assoc. of Nonpartisan Reformers | The People's Supper |
| Common Bond Institute | National Campus Leadership Council | The Ray Center |
| Common Ground Committee | National Civic League | The Skeww |
| Common Ground Solutions | National Civility Center | The Steamboat Institute |
| Common Party | Natn'l Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation | The Unum Pundit |
| Commons Project | National Conference on Citizenship | This is Civity |
| Community Enrichment Project | National Conflict Resolution Center | Together Frankfort |
| Compassionate NYC | Natn'l Foundation for Women Legislators | Together We Remember |
| Compassionate Santa Monica | National Institute for Civil Discourse | Tufts University Tisch College of Civic Life |
| Consensus | National Issues Forums Institute | Undivided Nation |
| Converge UVA | NC Campus Compact | Unite America |
| Convergence Center | NC State Civic Engagement | United and Together |
| Conversation Cafe | New Hampshire Listens | United Citizen Power |
| Conversations in Dialogue | Next Door Strangers | University of Hartford |
| Conversations New York | NH Institute for Civics Education | Urban Confessional |
| Davenport Institute | Nobias | Urban Rural Action |
| David Matthews Center | On Being | USA Talk / Enciv |
| Days of Dialogue | One America Movement | USC Center for the Political Future |
| DePolarize | One Table | Village Square |
| Dignity Institute | Open Mind Platform | Virginia Beach Public Library |
| Discussit | Outreach Experts | Voter Sticker Project |
| Do Good Roseville | Pantsuit Politics | We Listen USA |
| Dream Corps | Peace Peddlers | We Talk Different |
| Duke Alumni Association | Pnyka | We The People |
| Duke POLIS | Podcast Brunch Club | Weave: The Social Fabric Project |
| Empatico | PoliticalOtters | Welcoming America |
| Ending Our Uncivil War | ProCon | Write the World |
| Erase Meanness | Program for Humility and Conviction |