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Dinner Without Tears: Navigating Difficult Conversations with Loved Ones

Sat, Mar 26

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Dinner Without Tears:  Navigating Difficult Conversations  with Loved Ones
Dinner Without Tears:  Navigating Difficult Conversations  with Loved Ones

Time & Location

Mar 26, 2022, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Zoom Webinar

About the Event

Join Dr. Joan DeGeorge for a psychologically informed talk focusing on allies/people with privilege who want to have more effective discussions with friends/family/neighbors around human rights and progressive issues.

We all want to use facts when we argue - for example, explaining again that COVID is real, that it isn't possible for vaccines to carry microchips, that the 2020 election was not stolen from Donald Trump, etc. However, research tells us that when we argue with people who have deep-rooted viewpoints, using facts to try to convince them otherwise not only doesn't work but actually makes them MORE entrenched in their original beliefs. So, what are we supposed to do? Watch the people we care about drown in a sea of Facebook misinformation and clickbait hell? This talk aims to be an answer to that question.

Tips on how to be effective instead of right. Putting aside your knowledge of…

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