Tag: Bridgebuilding/Depolarization
Calling in Calling Out
Building powerful movements for a just and democratic society requires tearing down the walls separating people and welcoming new people into the movement. It takes recognizing that individuals, shaped by...
Good vs. Toxic Polarization
Polarization is generally considered a necessary and healthy aspect of democratic societies. In his writing on social change work, Quaker activist and trainer George Lakey compares polarization to “a blacksmith’s forge,” one...
Trauma Healing
Unaddressed traumas pose significant challenges to building a healthy democratic society, exacerbating intra-group and inter-group conflicts and making it difficult to find common cause. Healing individual and group traumas is...
SENSEMAKING WITH HORIZONS: The Alabama Brawl, August 2023
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Sf6npTNF8gs Jarvis Williams, the Director of Applied Research and Julia Roig, the Chief Network Weaver at Horizons come together in this short video interview to reflect on the “Alabama Brawl” that occurred...
THE PILLARS PROJECT: Veterans and Military Families
What is the connection between democracy and veterans and military families? Upon entering their military service, veterans swore an oath of office to support and defend the Constitution of the United...
THE PILLARS PROJECT: Labor Unions
What is the connection between unions and democracy? Democratic backsliding in the United States is a particular threat to labor unions. The research is clear: democracy is good for labor. Democracies...
THE PILLARS PROJECT: The Business Community
What is the connection between business leaders and democracy? A strong, healthy, and dynamic democratic political environment is key to economic resilience in the United States. American industry, corporate America, and small businesses...
Exploring Narrative Practices for Broad-based Movements in Contexts of Democratic Decline
*This piece was originally published on March 1, 2023 on OpenGlobalRights by Chief Network Weaver Julia Roig and James Savage. Versión en Español The rise in authoritarianism and democratic decline around the...
How Can Funders Support Pro-democracy Movements?
*This article was written by Chief Network Weaver Julia Roig and was first published on Alliance Magazine. As the United States celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day on 16 January, it...
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Multiple Lanes to Multiracial Democracy
*This article was written by Chief Organizer Maria J. Stephan and was first published on Waging Nonviolence. King understood that no single approach would be sufficient to combat the interconnected evils...