Take a pledge, then take action.

Feeing anxious about the upcoming election? Obviously you're not alone. One thing is already certain: No matter who wins, Election Week 2020 will leave millions of voters feeling elated, and millions feeling dejected.

Fortunately, many pathways are already being defined to help fellow Americans find our way through this election and back to each other.

In our latest blog, we shine a spotlight on several exciting programs and how they are empowering Americans to respond affirmatively this important question:  

Can America heal in the wake of this
contentious election cycle?

We explore this and other questions in Depolarize, an online publication from
Civic Health Project. In each issue, we spotlight the most promising ideas, interventions, and opportunities to heal political division in our communities,
and across the United States as a whole.

We invite you to read further.

Looking Beyond Election 2020:
How You Can Help Heal America

"Many exciting, ambitious programs are underway right now to help Americans engage in the healing process that we will sorely need, no matter who prevails in November."

Read our latest blog to learn how Braver Angels, One America Movement, Golden Rule 2020, and others invite us to pledge -- then act -- to heal America's divisions in the wake of our upcoming, contentious election cycle. Read the Blog

Spotlight on Solutions

America is a beautiful patchwork quilt of urban and rural communities, yet these patches are becoming more and more frayed along their borders.

Urban Rural Action is performing groundbreaking work to bring people together across the urban / rural divide, to build relationships and jointly tackle issues that impact all communities.

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Revealing Research

Common Ground Solutions and Voice of the People just published a study conducted by the Program for Public Consultation at the University of Maryland, which found that "majorities from both parties agree on nearly 150 key policy positions across more than a dozen top policy areas, and that "Americans are eager for their elected representatives to cross party lines to start tackling the nation’s toughest problems." Hear, hear!

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Engaging Events

Welcoming America is currently rolling out its annual Welcoming Week event, in partnership with conversation platform provider Civic Dinners.  Sign up ASAP to host a Welcoming Week dinner, or learn more about Welcoming America and how to get involved in their ongoing focus on inclusion for all Americans.

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