Taking one step closer

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Mónica Guzmán: One Step Closer

We’re bringing back a trusted friend to consider how we might think and act anew in the days, weeks and years after the election.

Date and TimeTuesday, November 12, 2024 @ 7:00 pm

Locationvia Zoom and Facebook Live

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“The occasion is piled high with difficulty and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country.”

—Abraham Lincoln

As we contemplated who we might invite for this post-election UNUM gathering, we were (temporarily) flummoxed. A week after the election would we be in need of an expert in election law, a therapist or an exorcist? Could we just place all three on speed dial?

Then we realized that no matter what happens during – and after – the 2024 election, there will undoubtedly be some BIG feelings about it, so our task on November 12th is utterly clear even now: we’ll need to take one step closer to each other. That journey has a sherpa, and her name is Mónica Guzmán. Mónica is the friend you’ll want for that post-election drink, the one you can let your hair down with to just talk it all through. We also couldn’t think of a better election season read (or re-read) than her book “I Never Thought of it That Way” — check it out below.

You’re welcome. (Thank us by taking one step closer to someone you know — now. And then another step.)

Mónica Guzmán is a bridge builder, journalist, and author. She’s founder and CEO of Reclaim Curiosity, Senior Fellow for Public Practice at Braver Angels and host of the podcast A Braver Way. Her book, “I Never Thought of it That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times” has been featured in The New York Times, the Glenn Beck Podcast, Reader’s Digest, and U.S. News named it one of the 10 best books to read before college. She lives in Seattle with her husband and two kids and is the proud liberal daughter of conservative parents.

This program is presented live via Zoom and Facebook Live and made possible by Florida Humanities and National Endowment for the Humanities. We’re delighted to welcome streaming partners Living Room Conversations, Braver Angels, McCourtney Institute for Democracy, National Institute for Civil Discourse, BridgeUSA, Listen First Project, USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future, Common Ground Committee, Civic Health Project, TP&R podcast, YOUnify, Citizen Connect, Center for the Humanities at University of Miami, Tallahassee Democrat, WFSU Public Media, and Network for Responsible Public Policy.

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Guest Speaker

Mónica Guzmán

Reclaim Curiosity Founder & CEO

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Facilitator

Angel Eduardo

FIRE Senior Writer/Editor

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How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times

I Never Thought of it That Way by Mónica Guzmán

“An accessible and practical guide for how to imagine a future that leaves no one behind.”

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