Bridging the gap through respectful conversations
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CA (Feb. 5, 2025) — Americans feel concerned about the growing partisanship in our country and the difficulty it has created in communicating with one another. Join a Community Conversation webinar on February 20, 2025 from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. titled Bridging the Gap through Respectful Conversation.
People are looking for tools to help them have civil and respectful conversations with one another. Expert panelists will offer resources, skills, and opportunities for individuals to help build bridges across divides in our families, communities, and country.
- Ellie Sears, Braver Angels organization
- Dick Patterson, Braver Angels organization
- Kristin Connelly, Contra Costa County Clerk-Recorder-Registrar
- Cheryl Graeves, National Institute for Civil Discourse
Register for the webinar here:
https://ccclib.bibliocommons.
Details
Information on how to access the Zoom webinar will be sent to your email address 24 hours before the program. Audience questions will be collected and answered through the Zoom chat.
The Library will provide closed captioning and simultaneous Spanish translation for this event. Organizers will record the program post it on the following sites after the meeting:
Contra Costa County Library YouTube channel
https://www.youtube.com/c/
Sponsors include the League of Women Voters of Diablo Valley, the League of Women Voters of West Contra Costa County, the Contra Costa County Library and Contra Costa TV.
Contact programs@lwvdv.org for more information.
Gail Murray
Gail Murray served in Walnut Creek as Mayor and city councilmember for 10 years. From 2004-2016 she served as District 1 Director, Board of Directors of the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART). She is the author of "Lessons from the Hot Seat: Governing at the Local and Regional Level."