Offered in partnership with the Town of Cape Elizabeth’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee,
and made possible through funding from the Thomas Memorial Library Foundation
The library, in partnership with the Town’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee has been hosting a series of facilitated discussion groups focused on the book I Never Thought of It That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times, by Mónica Guzmán.
Partisanship is up, trust is down, and our social media feeds make us sure we’re right and everyone else is ignorant (or worse). But avoiding one another is hurting our relationships and our society.
In this timely, personal guide, Mónica, the chief storyteller for the national cross-partisan depolarization organization Braver Angels, shows you how to overcome the fear and certainty that surround us to finally do what only seems impossible: understand and even learn from people in your life whose whole worldview is different from or even opposed to yours.
Please register to join a discussion! We’ll be practicing how to have curious conversations with those with whom we disagree, and you should leave with some ideas for how to heal relationships through honest dialogue. You do not have to have read the book to participate–you can watch Guzmán’s TED Talk (at right,) or learn about the principles outlined in the book during the discussion.
Free copies of the book to read and pass along to someone else are available to anyone who wants one, courtesy of the TML Foundation (while supplies last!)
The book is also available as an ebook and downloadable audiobook through the library’s CloudLibrary service, and it can be borrowed in print from the library as well.
Please fill out the form below to register for a discussion and/or to sign up to receive a free copy of the book.