Jackets Vote, a program of the Link Center, and Braver Angels are inviting all to attend a community workshop called ‘Skills for Conversations about Public Policy and Race’ on Monday, September 15 from 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm in the Yellowjacket Union Great Rooms. This event is supported by the Center for Continuing Education. 

Free parking & hors d’oeuvres provided.  

To register, please go click this link –  https://cvent.me/kYxX1Z 

Questions? Please reach out to link@uwsuper.edu  

Join the Northern Minnesota & Wisconsin Braver Angels Alliance for a skills-based workshop on public policy and race. This workshop teaches skills for having more productive conversations about contentious policy issues related to race, such as affirmative action, policing, removing statues, and reparations.

The workshop also helps conservatives and liberals understand core values and principles of those who differ from them on public policy issues connected to race in America. The workshop is for those who:

• Want to learn to communicate more effectively about race and public policy with people who differ from them politically
• Believe in the equal worth and dignity of persons of all races
• Are prepared to listen, learn, and practice skills rather than criticize, instruct, or try to enlighten participants with different views

The content will focus on the public policy aspects of race. It is not a personal encounter between people of different races, an in-depth discussion of race relations/identity, or a teaching seminar on how to think about race and public policy.

Braver Angels is a citizens’ organization uniting ‘red’ and ‘blue’ Americans in a working alliance to depolarize America. Launched in 2016, Braver Angels, is a national citizens’ movement to bring liberals and conservatives together at the grassroots level – not to find centralists compromise, but to find one another as citizens. Through workshops, debates, and campus engagement, Braver Angels helps Americans look for common ground where it exists and, if possible, find ways to work together.

Jackets Vote, the Link Center and UW-Superior are nonpartisan and neither endorse nor oppose any political party, candidate, or viewpoint. This is a nonpartisan voter and civic education event/program for UW-Superior and the surrounding community.