Obama Democracy Forum will convene to focus on tools for bipartisan dialogue [View all]
Source: Scripps News
Posted 6:52 PM, Dec 04, 2024
The Obama Democracy Forum kicks off Thursday in Chicago. The goal is to bridge the political divide and get people talking about issues together.
The former president, along with actor Ryan Reynolds and country music singer Reyna Roberts, will be speaking.
Obama Foundation CEO and longtime Barack Obama senior advisor Valerie Jarrett spoke with Scripps News about what to expect from the conference.
"Part of what we're doing [Thursday] is inviting leaders in the community who can take these tools back to their local communities and help the people on the ground who are feeling helpless in this situation," Jarrett said. "I do think there is a hunger around our country and around the world to focus on what we have in common, to avoid the kind of polarization that we're seeing, to talk to each other in a way that's respectful, to disagree and have hard conversations without letting them break down into acrimony."
Read more: https://www.scrippsnews.com/politics/obama-democracy-forum-will-convene-to-focus-on-tools-for-bipartisan-dialogue
= new reply since forum marked as read