rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/event/mb-bridging-divides-save-the-date?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-event-area-mb-bridging-divides-save-the-date' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Wealden Green Party https://actionnetwork.org/groups/wealden-green-party https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/groups/default_facebook_images/000/111/380/original/WGP_Stacked_Light_(1).jpg?1788970259 First Monthly meeting for Maresfield & Buxted members 7pm - get drink at the bar and socialise 7.30pm - group exploration about how best to talk about the climate crisis: What makes it a difficult conversation to have? How anxiety and/or sense of powerlessness plus zero sum thinking prevent some people from constructively acknowledging what is happening Social changes that prevent natural conversations about it (and other divisive topics) happening - how can this be addressed? Social Contact Theory - but is that our job? Reflection - Is our local area more or less divided about the climate crisis than the country as a whole? NIP not PIN conversations to change minds - talk about needs first, interests next and leave stating your position til later Pre-bunking vs Fact checking when talking to someone you disagree with Managing our expectations 8.30pm - break / get drink at the bar 8.45pm - Introducing the long election campaign and possible activities: 60 second surveys - what; why; when Literature - why; what; when Canvassing - why; what; when Public events - why; what; when 9.30pm - drink and/or disperse https://actionnetwork.org/events/mb-bridging-divides-save-the-date