About us
The Maryland Forward Party stands for doing, not dividing. We reject political extremism and are working together to take real action for the unrepresented majority in American politics. We're not building a copy of the current parties, we're moving American politics forward.
More unites us than divides us. What do you want to change in the world?
Help save democracy and fix our broken government.
Upcoming events
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Minotaur Book Club: How Minds Change by David McRaney
·OnlineOnlineFor May we will be reading "How Minds Change" by David McRaney.
Available for purchase at David McRaney's website or wherever your buy books or audiobooks:
https://www.davidmcraney.com/howmindschangehome
Or check your local libraryDate and Time:
Thursday, May 28th, 6:30pm – 8:30pm ESTFrom the Publisher:
"A brain-bending investigation of why some people never change their minds—and others do in an instant—by the bestselling author of "You Are Not So Smart""What made a prominent conspiracy-theorist YouTuber finally see that 9/11 was not a hoax? How do voter opinions shift from neutral to resolute? Can widespread social change only take place when a generation dies out? From one of our greatest thinkers on reasoning, HOW MINDS CHANGE is a book about the science, and the experience, of transformation.
"When self-delusion expert and psychology nerd David McRaney began a book about how to change someone's mind in one conversation, he never expected to change his own. But then a diehard 9/11 Truther's conversion blew up his theories—inspiring him to ask not just how to persuade, but why we believe, from the eye of the beholder.
"Delving into the latest research of psychologists and neuroscientists, HOW MINDS CHANGE explores the limits of reasoning, the power of groupthink, and the effects of deep canvassing.
"Told with McRaney's trademark sense of humor, compassion, and scientific curiosity, it's an eye-opening journey among cult members, conspiracy theorists, and political activists, from Westboro Baptist Church picketers to LGBTQ campaigners in California – that ultimately challenges us to question our own motives and beliefs. In an age of dangerous conspiratorial thinking, can we rise to the occasion with empathy?
"An expansive, big-hearted journalistic narrative, HOW MINDS CHANGE reaches surprising and thought-provoking conclusions, to demonstrate the rare but transformative circumstances under which minds can change."
Previous Book Club:
April was "Democracy Awakening" by Heather Cox Richardson. You can see that video and our previous book clubs on our YouTube Channel.The Minotaur Book Club delves into timeless questions and contemporary challenges, inviting participants to explore the roots of governance, liberty, and democracy through the lens of history and philosophy. The discussions will provide a fertile ground for examining how the principles of justice, equality, and collective responsibility have evolved and where they still fall short.
Purpose: The purpose of the book club is to counteract our country’s Historical Amnesia and strengthen our democracy. To that end, we will read and discuss books that help us to understand the American Project, diagnose persisting problems, and suggest ways to fulfill the mission of the Preamble to the Constitution.
"We the People of the United States, to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”
The Minotaur is one of the key archetypes representing the threat to social order when government leaders threaten democracy by converting public goods to private purposes. The best defense for a democracy is educated citizens.
“A society ignorant and free, never was, never will be.” – Thomas Jefferson
“We have given you a republic, if you can keep it.” – Benjamin Franklin3 attendees
Past events
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