Posted by on October 04, 2021
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September 28, 2021 - The Sneaky Strength of Cooperation -- Open Primaries and Bridge Action Grants
The Bridge Alliance was founded on the idea that the best way to accomplish our collective goals is by working together. It seems obvious on paper, but….well...*gestures to various parts of the country*. That’s why we were incredibly excited to witness the success that Open Primaries had in Maine.
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Posted by on September 27, 2021
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September 21, 2021 - Rewarding Leadership, Empowering New Leaders
Leaders in this movement tend to be very generous. And that generosity can be pretty durable, since progress comes slowly, if it comes at all. That being said, it’s always nice to get an external boost, whether it’s in the form of recognition and/or compensation.
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Posted by on September 20, 2021
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September 15, 2021 - Learning How to Ignore in the Digital Age
How do you determine if a website is legitimate or not? If you’re like me and over 98% of high school students in Professor Wineburg’s experiment, your first instinct is to click through the website to scrutinize its offerings and get a “feel for it.” This is what we were taught to do in school, and it can lead to us being duped / wasting time on a climate change website backed by the fossil fuel industry.
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Posted by on September 13, 2021
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September 9, 2021 - The 2021 Diversity Report -- A Journey to Empower ALL Americans
Whenever I interview someone for our internship program, I always ask the very important question of “Are you comfortable promoting the work of organizations you disagree with?” This is a make or break question, because it is our job to raise the voices of everybody in the Bridge Alliance community, regardless of our personal views.
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Posted by on September 13, 2021
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August 31, 2021 - Looking Abroad with POGO, Common Ground Committee, and Others
The mission of the Bridge Alliance is to empower Americans (like you) to shape the future of our democratic republic, and that means a heavy focus on America itself. The United States, however, is a global superpower, and therefore any discussion about the future of our nation must necessarily include its foreign affairs.
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Posted by on August 30, 2021
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August 24, 2021 - High School or College? Both, Say BridgeUSA and National Civic League
There are a lot of student-oriented organizations in the healthy self-governance movement. In the Students Learn, Students Vote coalition, there are easily over 200 partner organizations alone. And in the Bridge Alliance, nearly 15% of members are focused on youth empowerment, including national networks like Junior State of America and Civics Unplugged.
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Posted by on August 23, 2021
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August 17, 2021 - You’re Wrong! But That’s OK...I Am, Too
I am certain I am wrong about some deeply held belief, and I try to bring that mentality into every conversation I have. That doesn’t mean I change my mind regularly, but I try to let myself be challenged. It’s difficult, though. Jack Byrd, Jr. of Interactivity Foundation recently wrote about seeing several forms of bias get in the way of honest conversation during a classroom discussion, and I’m sure I bring some of these biases into my own conversations.
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Posted by on August 16, 2021
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August 10, 2021 - Go To Civic Genius to Become a Civics Genius
At the Bridge Alliance, we assume that a well-educated electorate is capable of governing itself (hence the phrase “healthy self-governance”). The thing is...it’s hard to be well-educated in today’s America. The Information Age has seemingly incentivized faster news at the expense of accurate news.
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Posted by on August 09, 2021
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August 2, 2021 - Are You a Leader? There Are Many Paths to Leadership
What is a leader? I’m asking honestly, because the more I think about it, the more I think it’s a very ambiguous term. I just found one dictionary definition that says “a person who leads,” which….is very unhelpful. Next you’re going to tell me that a follower is “a person who follows”!
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Posted by on August 02, 2021
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July 25, 2021 - Civic Spirit Wants to Support Faith-Based Educators
My brain is a jukebox. When I sat down to write this newsletter, George Michael’s “You’ve Gotta Have Faith” started playing in my head, and now I cannot get it to stop. I sincerely apologize if it’s stuck in your head now, too.
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