Georgia Members Meeting

Anyone interested in Braver Angels Georgia is welcome!

57th Fighter Group Restaurant

3829 Clairmont Road

Atlanta, GA  30341

Near Dekalb-Peachtree Airport

Saturday, Dec. 3, 11:30 a.m.

You can let us know you are coming (below) or just show up.

Many thanks to everyone who attended. We were delighted to welcome some new people. Here are the announcements. If you weren't able to make the meeting, you missed the inspiring personal introductions and the lively discussion.

• Families and Politics workshop at St. Philip's Cathedral was well attended and got good evaluations.
• Next workshop will be a Common Ground: How can we have trusted and accessible elections? Coming early in 2023.
• See BA GA member Andrew Cohen's article at https://www.discoursemagazine.com/ideas/2022/11/14/how-to-talk-politics-at-thanksgiving-without-causing-a-family-feud/
• We announced the Post-Midterms Hold America Together Zoom event 11/15 8 p.m.
• Listen to the Braver Angels Podcast: https://braverangels.org/what-liberals-miss-about-conservatives/
• You are invited to try out a pilot social media discussion especially for Braver Angels. You will be put in a small balanced group of reds and blues. You pick a topic to discuss: https://iris-talk.com/home

Recent Partnerships/Presentations

• John Schwenkler led a Depolarizing Within workshop for Preemptive Love (a peacemaking group)
• John will lead a Skills for Bridging the Divide workshop for the Southeastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America 11/20.
• Sharyn Dowd made a presentation on Braver Angels to an interfaith women's group: Women of Wisdom - 11/14
• BA GA member Brian DiNapoli of No Labels Georgia is still working to bring together an equal number of Republicans and Democrats in the Georgia legislature to form a "Problem Solvers Caucus" like the one in D. C. : https://problemsolverscaucus.house.gov/