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Better Arguments: Principles to Practice (Make Room to Transform)

Note: This is a past event, additional resources may be available below.

Thu Feb 23, 2023
Washington, DC

Date

Thu Feb 23, 2023
10:00am – 12:00pm EST

Location

Washington, DC, United States

Contact

    [email protected]

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This session offers concrete tips for putting Better Arguments principles into practice, as well as reflections about the opportunities and challenges related to bridging our nation’s divides. In each Principles to Practice training, we take a deep dive on one aspect of the Better Arguments approach. In this session, we will focus on the Fifth Principle of a Better Argument: Make Room to Transform. We recommend attending Better Arguments 101 before this session.

The Better Arguments Project is a partnership between the Aspen Institute’s Citizenship and American Identity Program, Facing History and Ourselves, and Allstate.This session offers concrete tips for putting Better Arguments principles into practice, as well as reflections about the opportunities and challenges related to bridging our nation’s divides. In each Principles to Practice training, we take a deep dive on one aspect of the Better Arguments approach. In this session, we will focus on the Fifth Principle of a Better Argument: Make Room to Transform. We recommend attending Better Arguments 101 before this session.

The Better Arguments Project is a partnership between the Aspen Institute’s Citizenship and American Identity Program, Facing History and Ourselves, and Allstate.