Braver Angels of West Central Illinois

10/13/2026

Thank you to everyone who came out last night for our workshop "Depolarizing Ourselves" at St. Mark's Lutheran Church, Washington, IL! Attendees assessed how much they might be contributing to our increasingly polarized civic life and learned tips and tools for ways to turn down the temperature in conversations.

We have another workshop coming up, "Skills for Disagreeing Better". This event is free and open to the public. We ask that you register so that we can plan ahead. Here's the link:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1996692774839?aff=oddtdtcreator

10/01/2026

Thank you to everyone who came out for our informational presentation at St. Mark's Lutheran Church, Washington, IL on Monday! Our workshops with St. Mark's start soon. More details in the pic. Please try to register or rsvp. It helps with planning the event. Here are a couple of links to Eventbrite. We're trying this out for the first time, so if something doesn't work right, just shoot us a message!

Depolarizing Ourselves:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/depolarizing-ourselves-registration-1996672615542

Skills for Disagreeing Better:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/skills-for-disagreeing-better-registration-1996692774839

09/28/2026

Come find out more this evening! Then look for two upcoming workshops at St. Mark's Lutheran Church, Washington, IL. Find out more by looking at our Facebook events.

A reminder that our latest series of events, held in partnership with St. Mark's Lutheran Church, Washington, IL, kicks off in less than two weeks!

All of these are free and open to the public. For the first informational event, you can just show up. Bring a friend or two!

For the workshops, we ask that you rsvp. That way we can make sure we have sufficient numbers for an effective workshop, and it ensures that you receive the participant guide ahead of time.

We're trying something new for rsvp/registration - Eventbrite. National BA uses this for all events.

Here's the link for the Depolarizing Ourselves workshop:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1996672615542?aff=oddtdtcreator

Here's the link for the Skills for Disagreeing Better workshop:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1996692774839?aff=oddtdtcreator

If you have any problems, just shoot us an email: [email protected]

Yours in courageous citizenship!

09/18/2026

A reminder that our latest series of events, held in partnership with St. Mark's Lutheran Church, Washington, IL, kicks off in less than two weeks!

All of these are free and open to the public. For the first informational event, you can just show up. Bring a friend or two!

For the workshops, we ask that you rsvp. That way we can make sure we have sufficient numbers for an effective workshop, and it ensures that you receive the participant guide ahead of time.

We're trying something new for rsvp/registration - Eventbrite. National BA uses this for all events.

Here's the link for the Depolarizing Ourselves workshop:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1996672615542?aff=oddtdtcreator

Here's the link for the Skills for Disagreeing Better workshop:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1996692774839?aff=oddtdtcreator

If you have any problems, just shoot us an email: [email protected]

Yours in courageous citizenship!

08/27/2026

Hey, all - Our workshops in Morton set for early September have been postponed.

If you are still interested in our workshops, please message us. We'll put you on our "I'm interested" list. Once we have enough folks, we'll schedule a workshop.

Also, we're happy to partner with organizations to run workshops. If that sounds good to you, again, just message us!

Yours in Courageous Citizenship

08/17/2026

Many thanks to everyone who came out to our Skills for Disagreeing Better workshop, held in partnership with the Universalist Unitarian Church of Peoria, Illinois! Participants learned tips and techniques for having more productive conversations across political differences.

See our other posts for additional workshops coming up in Morton and at St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Washington!

08/17/2026

We have another presentation and more communications workshops starting next month - this time in partnership with St. Mark's Lutheran Church, Washington, IL! Many thanks to St. Mark's for this opportunity. Please make sure to rsvp for the workshops by emailing us. Details in the flyer. And as always, help spread the word! 🙏

08/07/2026

Many thanks to the Rotary Club of Morton for giving us the opportunity to present Braver Angels and its approach to depolarizing our civic and, increasingly, personal lives!

As a follow-up, we're offering two workshops next month: Depolarizing Ourselves and Skills for Disagreeing Better. Look for a separate Facebook post with that flyer. Note that it requires an rsvp. Thanks!

07/30/2026

Many thanks to the Rotary Club of Peoria-North for giving Braver Angels an opportunity to present our approach to depolarizing our politics and beginning to heal rifts in our civic and sometimes personal lives caused by it. Great questions and conversation!

If you want to have us present in your community, just reach out.