And there are many others that I and others have mentioned. Some have been active for months. They occur at all levels: neighborhoods, communities, towns, regional and state coalitions of smaller, local groups working together. It's exciting, and it is encouraging. Alexander, look around your own community and find out what is going on. Often Inter-faith groups initiate this kind of discussion, and even if you are not religious, that is often a good place to start, because they pull together not just faith groups, but other kinds of community based discussions that spread out from there. Some of our people join organizations with a conservative bent, and work with them on projects that are meaningful and non-partisan. You get to know people, build trust. It creates room for more understanding of what other people's underlying concerns are.
Aside from the suggestions in my comment, check this out: “America in One Room”project. You can google it - I find it a very interesting idea.
And there are many others that I and others have mentioned. Some have been active for months. They occur at all levels: neighborhoods, communities, towns, regional and state coalitions of smaller, local groups working together. It's exciting, and it is encouraging. Alexander, look around your own community and find out what is going on. Often Inter-faith groups initiate this kind of discussion, and even if you are not religious, that is often a good place to start, because they pull together not just faith groups, but other kinds of community based discussions that spread out from there. Some of our people join organizations with a conservative bent, and work with them on projects that are meaningful and non-partisan. You get to know people, build trust. It creates room for more understanding of what other people's underlying concerns are.