👋 Reminder: Live Panel Tomorrow – Advocacy vs Bridge-Building in Polarized Times #NWoC

Join us April 22 at 6pm PT / 9pm ET for this urgent National Week of Conversation event

Just a quick reminder that our special live Q&A event is happening tomorrow!
📅 Tuesday, April 22
🕓 6pm PT / 9pm ET
📍 Watch on YouTube Live → https://youtube.com/live/A0D9h17iQM8?feature=share

We’re bringing together a powerful group of voices—scholars, commentators, activists, and bridge-builders—to talk about something that’s never been more important:

How do we oppose real authoritarian threats—like what we’re seeing in the second Trump administration—while still holding space for empathy, dialogue, and democracy itself?

This isn’t a debate. It’s a meta-conversation—about how we engage across divides, especially when the stakes are high and the pressure to dehumanize is strong.

You won’t want to miss this.

👥 Featuring:

• Zachary Elwood – Author and political polarization researcher

• Dr. Andrew Van Horn – Postdoc fellow, Case Western

• Karin Tamerius – Founder, Smart Politics

• Ross “Yergz” Yerger – Ret. U.S. Secret Service, “Up The Middle” Radio Host

• Cameron Cowan – Writer and political commentator

• Travis Monteleone – Investor and depolarization advocate

• Nimayi Dixit – Co-Founder and Content Director at Tusk & Quill

• Kelly Johnston – Writes on Substack at Against the Grain; Co-chair, Stubblefield Institute for Civil Political Communication

• Jacob Mackey – Associate Professor at Occidental College; Co-director, Connors Institute

📢 And feel free to share the link or forward this email to someone who should be part of this conversation.

See you tomorrow,
—David
Host, Outrage Overload

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