FEATURING: LECTURE by Nicholas Christakis, MD, PhD, MPH. Christakis is the Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science at Yale University. His work is in the fields of network science and biosocial science. He directs the Human Nature Lab at the Yale Institute for Network Science. Christakis is also the author of Blueprint: On the Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society and Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives—How Your Friends' Friends' Friends Affect Every
FEATURING 16 Americans who are willing come together for the sake of the country to try to understand why their compatriots think differently than they do—and to find common ground—in a radical act of curiosity, collective sense-making, and hope. OUR PARTNERS are Braver Angels, Braver Angels Pennsylvania, the Braver Angels Southeast Pennsylvania Alliance, and our host is Gloria Dei (Old Swedes’) Episcopal Church.
OUTSIDE PICNIC/NEIGHBORHOOD POTLUCK // Food will also be available for purchase and for free for those who need it. JOHN WOOD, JR., is the national ambassador for Braver Angels, whose mission is to bring Americans together to bridge the partisan divide and strengthen our democratic republic.