The United States is polarizing faster than any other democracy. How is the left contributing to toxic polarization and how is the left part of working to help build social cohesion? The discussion will focus on the problems, challenges, and solutions and the need for intragroup work on the left.

Speakers:

• Debilyn Molineaux, President and CEO, Bridge Alliance

• Erica Etelson, Author, Beyond Contempt: How Liberals Can Communicate Across the Great Divide

• Steve House, Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives, Braver Angels

• Liz Hume (Moderator), Acting President and CEO, Alliance for Peacebuilding

Starting April 14th until September, the Alliance for Peacebuilding and the U.S. Peace, Justice, and Democracy Working Group are hosting a series of weekly webinars, Preventing and Reducing Conflict and Instability in the United States: Shaping What Comes Next, with leading peacebuilding and conflict prevention experts, donors, and policymakers from across the country.

The series focuses on the conflict dynamics driving instability, extremism, and toxic polarization, and more importantly, the political and policy changes needed to build a society that is just, secure, and fair for all Americans.