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 more than 225 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. |
Sabrina Moyle |
Walt Roberts |
Amanda Smithfield |
Sterling Speirn |
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. |
Bruce Bond |
Neil McGaraghan |
Conversation Advocates
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Sophie Beren |
Lida Cheng |
Nadia Diboun |
Andrew Edmonds |
Chuck Flournoy |
Blaise Hazelwood |
Jaclyn Inglis |
Liz Joyner |
Kay Lindahl |
Stephanie Short |
Hosting Partners
| 3-Minute Storyteller | Duke Alumni Association | Public Dialogue Consortium |
| Activist Theology Project | Duke POLIS | Public Engagement Associates |
| AllSides | Duke University POLIS | Public News Service |
| American Dialogue Project | Ending Our Uncivil War | Purple America |
| American Gun Safety Association | Essential Partners | Q Ideas |
| American Listening Project | FixPnyx | ReConsider |
| American Promise | For Freedoms | Red Blue Together |
| American Psychological Association | Free Intelligent Conversations | Red Boot Way |
| American Public Square | Free Radicals | Reject Documentary |
| AmerXchange | Future500 | Represent.us |
| Arukah Network | Generations Project | Resolutionaries |
| Ask Big Questions | Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program | Rise |
| Ask, Listen, Learn | Hear Me Out | RISE @ Oxford High School |
| Aspen Institute Citizenship and American Identity Program | Help Good Agency | Rock Against |
| At the Table Colorado | Heterodox Academy | Sacred Discourse |
| Be Civil Be Heard | How Do We Fix It? | Seeds of Peace |
| Better Angels | Howard County Library System | Shifting the Conversation |
| Big Tent Nation | Hyland | Sidewalk Talk |
| Boston Public Library | iCivics | SMART Conversations |
| Bridge Alliance Education Fund | Indiana Campus Compact | Smart Politics |
| Bridge the Divide | Inspire US | Solidarity Party USA |
| BridgeUSA | Intentional Insights | Someone To Tell It To |
| Bridging Our Divide | International Listening Association | Spaceship Media |
| Bridging the Divide | Iowa Program for Public Life | Squishtalks |
| Building Community Capacity | Issue One | State Legislative Leaders Foundation |
| Burke-Paine Society | IssueVoter | Students for Free Expression |
| California Center for the Book | Jefferson Center | Sustained Dialogue Institute |
| Campus Vote Project | Jumping into Civic Life | TableTalk Global |
| Carl Wilkens Fellowship | Junior State of America | Take Back Our Republic |
| Center For Building a Culture of Empathy | Kansas City Public Library | Talking Eyes Media/Bring It to The Table |
| Center for Civic Design | La Crosse Public Library | The America Unity Project |
| Center for Public Deliberation | Let's Talk Democracy | The American Project |
| Charlottesville Chalkfest | Listen First Project | The Autry Museum of the American West |
| Charter for Compassion | Living Room Conversations | The Center for Election Science |
| Citizen Demos | Living To Listen | The Civic Circle |
| Citizen University | Make America Dinner Again | The Constellation |
| Citizens Above Partisanship | Make Shift Coffee House | The Flip Side |
| Civic Dinners | McCourtney Institute for Democracy | The Great Reset |
| Civic Hall | Mediators Foundation | The Joy of Argument |
| Civic Spirit | Millennial Action Project | The Listening Space |
| CIVICUS SPEAK! | Modern American Party | The Love Vote |
| Civil Politics | More in Common Podcast | The OpenGov Foundation |
| Civility Experts | National Campus Leadership Council | The People's Supper |
| CMAC | National Civic League | The Ray Center |
| Coffee Party | National Civility Center | The Skeww |
| Common Bond Institute | National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation | The Unum Pundit |
| Common Ground Committee | National Conference on Citizenship | Together Frankfort |
| Common Ground Solutions | National Conflict Resolution Center | Together We Remember |
| Common Party | National Foundation for Women Legislators | Tufts University Tisch College of Civic Life |
| Community Enrichment Project | National Institute for Civil Discourse | Undivided Nation |
| Compassionate NYC | National Issues Forums Institute | Unite America |
| Compassionate Santa Monica | NC Campus Compact | United Citizen Power |
| Consensus | New Hampshire Listens | United Citizen Power |
| Converge UVA | Next Door Strangers | University of Hartford |
| Convergence Center | NH Institute for Civics Education | Urban Confessional |
| Conversation Cafe | On Being | Urban Rural Action |
| Conversations in Dialogue | One America Movement | USA Talk / Enciv |
| Conversations New York | Open Mind Platform | Village Square |
| Creative Capital | Outreach Experts | Virginia Beach Public Library |
| Davenport Institute | Pantsuit Politics | We Listen USA |
| Days of Dialogue | ProCon | We The People |
| Dignity Institute | Program for Humility and Conviction | World Temple |
| Do Good Roseville | Project Civ | Write the World |
| Dream Corps | Proxy.vote |