Through Time, Across Perspectives: Palestine & Israel
A guide to online resources to accompany an April 2024 exhibit in the library.
Difficult Conversations
Having difficult conversations is hard. It's not easy to have discussions with others who may have alternative views. Check out these materials on strengthening relationship across difference.
I Never Thought of It That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times by Publication Date: 2022When you think you have the answers, you need to be asking a lot more questions-and embracing fearless curiosity. In this timely, personal guide, journalist Mónica Guzmán shows why curiosity is our best policy and how you can put it to work for you immediately, sharing practical tips from the trenches of the social, political, and cultural divides.
The way out : how to overcome toxic polarization by Publication Date: 2021The social psychologist Peter T. Coleman explores how conflict resolution and complexity science provide guidance for dealing with seemingly intractable political differences. Deploying the concept of attractors in dynamical systems, he explains why we are stuck in this rut as well as the unexpected ways that deeply rooted oppositions can and do change. Coleman meticulously details principles and practices for navigating and healing the difficult divides in our homes, workplaces, and communities, blending compelling personal accounts from his years of working on entrenched conflicts with lessons from leading-edge research.
Become America : Civic Sermons on Love, Responsibility, and Democracy by ISBN: 1632172585Publication Date: 2019This collection of 19 essays on democracy, equal justice, and citizenship "exhorts Americans to love the nation they have by becoming the nation they want" (The Washington Post). What does it mean to be an engaged American in today's divided political landscape, and how do we restore hope in our country?
