Community, Democracy, and Dialogue Talk: "I Never Thought of It That Way" with Mónica Guzmán

Community, Democracy, and Dialogue Event 

Join author and journalist Mónica Guzmán for a talk on building curiosity and connection across the political divide. 

Guzmán is a bridge builder, journalist, and author who
lives for great conversations sparked by curious questions. She is
Senior Fellow for Public Practice at Braver Angels; author of "I Never
Thought of it That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious
Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times"; host of A Braver Way
podcast; and founder and CEO of Reclaim Curiosity. She was a 2019
fellow at the Henry M. Jackson Foundation, and a 2016 fellow at the
Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University. Moni is the
inaugural McGurn Fellow at the University of Florida, working with
researchers at the UF College of Journalism and Communications and
beyond to better understand ways to employ techniques described in
her book to boost understanding. 

The UMass Community, Democracy, and Dialogue (CDD)  advisory working group was formed to help our community navigate challenging, complex and controversial topics in ways that broaden perspectives and diminish polarization. The CDD includes a diverse group of UMass faculty, staff and campus leaders with its work is being informed by discussions with graduate and undergraduate student leaders. The CDD is committed to proactively creating an ongoing, sustained effort that provides ways to support inclusion and diversity in concert with the democratic concepts of respect and compromise.

Learn more about the CDD and the advisory group members on the CDD webpage