Better Angels Workshop: Families & Politics will be held at Social Hall
Better Angels Workshop: Families & Politics
Members of First Universalist’s Peace Circle have invested the last three years in learning about peace – defining it, learning how other people understand it, and studying author and educator Paul Chappell’s powerful insights. First Universalist’s Peace Circle is hosting as series of “Skill Building for Peacemakers” workshops this year to help equip folks with strong, usable skills to be active daily as peacemakers.
The December 14 workshop, led by Better Angels co-founder Bill Doherty, is called: “Families & Politics: How to Talk with Loved Ones on the Other Side.”
Family relationships are becoming casualties of our toxic political environment. People are having nasty political arguments, avoiding each other, or even cutting off lifetime relationships. If you want to preserve important family bonds while still being true to your values and political beliefs, this workshop will offer you: insight into why family differences over politics are uniquely challenging, recognition of common roles that family members play in political conversations (for example, the Gladiator, the Defender, and the Sniper), and strategies and skills for handling family political differences in a constructive way.