Red People, Blue People:  It’s Not So Black and White

Red People, Blue People: It’s Not So Black and White

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Remember when we were consumed with teaching the skills that would be needed in the future? Well, what 21st-Century skill is more valuable than the ability to talk constructively about the chaotic, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous world we’re all trying to figure out and navigate daily? There’s so much we urgently need to talk about, mask mandates, transgender issues, race relations, growing incivility, threats to our democracy. Yet, there is so little we can safely discuss in mixed company. Join us as we travel the globe looking for people who can teach us how to discuss the things that matter most, in ways that don’t end with a black eye, a 911 call, or being unfollowed.

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