Today I’m grateful for the Alameda Braver Angel meeting that we had today. Our alliance is a mix of liberals and conserviatives who look for common ground with the people with whom we disagree politically. We rolled out our With Malice Toward None Initative.
We’re going to be working with religious organizatins, colleges/universities, and civic organizations with the goal is of creating a space for people to deal with their post election emotions (positive and negative), to build our capacities for working together to address our common challenges, and to commit ourselves to a renewed citizenship.
- This is not about covering over strong political differences or encouraging people to support whoever wins the election.
- It isabout a commitment to respecting the humanity of those who differ from us. It is about recognizing our foundational role as citizens to be the architects and agents of a more perfect union.
The payoff in the end is for us to have a country of citizens who can accept that while we disagree on certain things, there are other areas were we can find common ground.
This is another way where we find that shining needle of common ground in that scary haystack of fear.
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