Reasons to be Cheerful Lunch Discussion

Everywhere we look, the message is the same: that we are hopelessly divided. That all over the world our rifts are so entrenched, the can never be reconciled.  But that’s only half the story. In fact, there is abundant evidence that we human beings have far greater ability and desire to overcome our divisions than we realize.  The Reasons to Be Cheerful project explores the many ways.

August 1 – The Idea That Still Unites Us

August 8 – You Cannot Use Force To Change Minds

August 15 – In This Connecticut Prison, The Guards Double As Mentors

August 22 – How Loggers Helped Environmentalists Save A Spectacular Canadian Rainforest 

August 29 – Inside the Student Led Movement to Depolarize College