Helpful Links

Background Reading on Healthy Conversations and Overcoming Divides

Ten reasons to spend time with your political opposite (Huffington Post)

It isn’t easy being civil, but here are some important tips (Independent Voter Project)

Effective communication: barriers and strategies (University of Waterloo)

Twelve tips for handling difficult conversations (Amex Open Forum)

Agreeing to disagree: The difference between talking at and talking with someone else (Psychology Today)

Conversation, argument, and civility (AmericanThinker.com)

How diversity makes us smarter (Scientific American)

The need for dialogue (Beyond Intractability)