Crossing Party Lines: Atlanta, GA

This event will be held online May 27 at 11am-1:30pm PT/2pm-4:30pm ET
REGISTER HERE
Because we have been having issues with the correct date/time not showing up on Meetup, we encourage you to register at the link above to receive your Zoom link and confirmation email.
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Attendees: Before the meeting, please download and print the handouts, which are located on this page: https://crossingpartylines.com/your-brain-on-politics/

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What’s going on in the world of politics? Why does talking politics so often feel off limits or fraught with danger? How can we get back to the good old days when it was OK to disagree and we could still be friends despite different views?

In this workshop, you'll learn the cause of the political divide and how you can free yourself from the political and media manipulation that has transformed healthy politics into a blood sport. After providing tips and simple techniques for using our brain's amazing powers to make talking across differences easier, we'll break into pairs, explore the concepts we've learned, and practice new skills that we can bring into our next difficult conversations.

There are no prerequisites for this course. All are welcome.
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ABOUT CPL Workshops

Get the training you need to effectively cross party lines. Crossing Party Lines provides a series of FREE classes teaching the skills we use to talk across differences. We teach proven, science-based techniques to foster curiosity, invite listening, and connect across differences.

We designed these techniques based on recent discoveries in such fields as cognitive science, neurobiology, and evolutionary psychology. Because understanding the partisan brain is central to the work of Crossing Party Lines, our workshops cover both the skills and some of the basic science behind them.

There are no prerequisites for this course.
Please do your best to arrive at the beginning of the meeting – once we the workshop has started, the meeting doors close to new arrivals.

We would love to hear your thoughts on our social media pages. Don't miss topic announcements, updates, news!
Follow us on:

• Instagram @crossingpartylines
• Twitter @crosspartylines
• Facebook @crossingpartylines

REGISTER HERE

Because we have been having issues with the correct date/time not showing up on Meetup, we encourage you to register at the link above to receive your Zoom link and confirmation email.

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Privacy and Surveillance in the Digital Age

New technologies have changed the ways information can be collected, stored, and used, raising new questions about privacy, surveillance, and constitutional protections. Tools such as location tracking, geofencing, facial recognition, and data collection have become part of modern policing, marketing, and everyday technology use. At the same time, these technologies have sparked ongoing debate about personal freedom, public safety, convenience, and government or corporate power.
In this conversation, we’ll explore how people think about privacy and the meaning of Fourth Amendment protections in a rapidly changing digital world.
Discussion Questions:

• When have you become more aware of how much information about your movements, habits, or behavior is being collected through technology?
• What experiences have shaped the way you think about balancing privacy, convenience, and public safety?
• How do you personally decide what kinds of digital tracking or data collection feel acceptable, helpful, invasive, or uncomfortable?
• In what situations, if any, do you think governments or companies should have access to location-based or personal data? What influences your thinking?
• How has technology changed your expectations about privacy compared to earlier in your life?
• What do you think the Fourth Amendment should mean in an age of smartphones, apps, cloud storage, and constant connectivity?

This will be an opportunity to explore different perspectives on privacy, technology, constitutional rights, and trust in institutions in a respectful and curious conversation.

Please do your best to arrive at the beginning of the meeting – once we are in breakout rooms and the conversations have started, the meeting doors close to new arrivals. The breakout rooms open (and the doors close) approximately 15 minutes after the hour.
We would love to hear your thoughts on our social media pages. Don't miss topic announcements, updates, news! Follow us on:

• Instagram @crossingpartylines
• Twitter @crosspartylines
• Facebook @crossingpartylines

REGISTER HERE

Because we have been having issues with the correct date/time not showing up on Meetup, we encourage you to register at the link above to receive your Zoom link and confirmation email.

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Privacy and Surveillance in the Digital Age

New technologies have changed the ways information can be collected, stored, and used, raising new questions about privacy, surveillance, and constitutional protections. Tools such as location tracking, geofencing, facial recognition, and data collection have become part of modern policing, marketing, and everyday technology use. At the same time, these technologies have sparked ongoing debate about personal freedom, public safety, convenience, and government or corporate power.
In this conversation, we’ll explore how people think about privacy and the meaning of Fourth Amendment protections in a rapidly changing digital world.
Discussion Questions:

• When have you become more aware of how much information about your movements, habits, or behavior is being collected through technology?
• What experiences have shaped the way you think about balancing privacy, convenience, and public safety?
• How do you personally decide what kinds of digital tracking or data collection feel acceptable, helpful, invasive, or uncomfortable?
• In what situations, if any, do you think governments or companies should have access to location-based or personal data? What influences your thinking?
• How has technology changed your expectations about privacy compared to earlier in your life?
• What do you think the Fourth Amendment should mean in an age of smartphones, apps, cloud storage, and constant connectivity?

This will be an opportunity to explore different perspectives on privacy, technology, constitutional rights, and trust in institutions in a respectful and curious conversation.

Please do your best to arrive at the beginning of the meeting – once we are in breakout rooms and the conversations have started, the meeting doors close to new arrivals. The breakout rooms open (and the doors close) approximately 15 minutes after the hour.
We would love to hear your thoughts on our social media pages. Don't miss topic announcements, updates, news! Follow us on:

• Instagram @crossingpartylines
• Twitter @crosspartylines
• Facebook @crossingpartylines