Thursday, October 3, 2024 • 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. • Day of Service volunteer opportunity
Inver Hills Community College is hosting Skills for Disagreeing Better, a workshop facilitated by Braver Angels of Minnesota, Thursday, October 3, 2024, 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m in Fine Arts 194 on the college’s campus in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota.
FREE and open to the public, the in-person workshop is also a Day of Service volunteer opportunity. Michael Berndt, president of Dakota County Technical College and Inver Hills, is participating in the workshop and encouraging folks to attend.
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More about the workshop…
In this polarized time, we lack basic understanding of why people on the other political side hold their beliefs. We don’t see them as they see themselves—their core values and central concerns—but instead as we choose to see them. We are tempted to regard our own side as principled and the other side as self-interested.
When we try to communicate across this gap, we often lack the skills for listening carefully, looking for common ground, and sharing our perspectives in ways that connect rather than create more misunderstanding.
We can learn to disagree better in polarized times, which means accurately seeing where we differ and where we share common ground.
Workshop goals
- More understanding of the values and concerns of people who differ from you politically
- Better skills for listening in a way so that the other person feels heard
- Better skills for sharing viewpoints in a way the other person might hear—even if they disagree
WHAT: Skills for Disagreeing Better Workshop
Hosted by Inver Hills Community College
Facilitated by Braver Angels of Minnesota
FREE and open to the public
Day of Service volunteer opportunityWHEN: Thursday, October 3, 2024
6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.WHERE: Fine Arts 194
Inver Hills Community College Campus
2500 80th Street East
Inver Grove Heights, MN 55076
Maps & Directions
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Learn more about the Skills for Disagreeing Better Workshop and Day of Service by contacting:
Shannon Williams
Community-Based Learning Coordinator
Inver Hills Community College
651-450-3244
SWilliams@inverhills.edu
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