Learn about the power of “AND.” Participants leave the session invigorated with a renewed sense of empowerment and hope for a better future in our communities and workplaces. They begin to see the possibilities of the influential roles they can play going forward using a polarity lens. Participants surface their issues of interest, where finding common ground, in spite of differences, can reverse the energy of resistance and polarization.

This session will focus on a case study on Polarity Thinking in the Charleston Illumination Project where the aim was to better society by giving equal voice to citizens, finding common ground for the good of the whole community, and adopting ideas for change embraced by a city police chief and his department in Charleston, SC. With that foundation, you will explore how a polarity lens can be utilized in reducing polarization and increasing willingness for healing and repairing within your organization and communities.

The Charleston Illumination Project grew out of the community response to a  race motivated mass shooting in a black church in Charleston, SC in 2015.