Key features

• •See disagreement as an opportunity for growth and discovery.
• •Change the temper of a hostile engagement or walk away.
• •Share mutual respect even beyond our deepest differences.
• •Become a peacemaker in your network of friends and family.
• •An Opportune Moment. Why is this a particularly propitious moment to elevate the conversation, at least for the vast majority of Americans who are tired of those who manipulate them through fear and anger?
• •Five Practices of a Peacemaker. What kind of conversation can lower the heat and increase the level of communication, especially where we hold significantly different views?
• •Operating in Shared Space. Our deeply held views do not have to be subjugated to cooperate with others; we only have to endeavor to make as much space for their views as we want for ours.