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Bridging Divides: Us versus Them

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
May 8

Rogue Metaphysical Library

Join facilitator Marla Estes every 2nd Wednesday of the month at 7pm
RVML 1757 Ashland Street

Some thinkers have concluded that our innate wiring for
ingroup / outgroup categorization is at the root of our polarization.
Learn more about this automatic, instinctual dynamic and
what we can do about it ~ in order to bridge divides.

“It is my wish that everyone understands that
there is no them, it’s only us”
~ Anonymous

Are you feeling concerned about the growing divides occurring in our world?

The first step, and one that each one of us can do, is to “depolarize within.”
We do this by learning about our human “operating systems,” becoming self-aware and then making different choices about how we behave.
Learn how to “depolarize within.” Watch insightful videos carefully selected to explore ways to depolarize and
then engage in facilitated discussion to help integrate new perspectives.

Join facilitator Marla Estes every 2nd Wednesday of the month at 7pm
RVML 1757 Ashland Street ~ 541-552-9119

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