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How the Unify Challenge College Bowl Helped UND Students Tackle Political Divides
Civics & Civility

How the Unify Challenge College Bowl Helped UND Students Tackle Political Divides

UND's successful Unify Challenge College Bowl implementation provides a roadmap for other colleges to help combat rising campus tension.

Kylie Settlemire

Kylie Settlemire

May 20, 2024

May 9, 2023

Rural Catalyst Grant From Boettcher Foundation To Support Civic Engagement in Local Deliberation
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Rural Catalyst Grant From Boettcher Foundation To Support Civic Engagement in Local Deliberation

Boettcher Foundation awarded Unify America with a grant to support civic engagement for a community deliberation project in Montrose, CO.

Morgan Lasher

Morgan Lasher

May 20, 2024

Sep 11, 2023

How the Unify Challenge College Bowl Helped UND Students Tackle Political Divides
Civics & Civility

How the Unify Challenge College Bowl Helped UND Students Tackle Political Divides

UND's successful Unify Challenge College Bowl implementation provides a roadmap for other colleges to help combat rising campus tension.

Kylie Settlemire

Kylie Settlemire

May 20, 2024

May 9, 2023

Rural Catalyst Grant From Boettcher Foundation To Support Civic Engagement in Local Deliberation
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Rural Catalyst Grant From Boettcher Foundation To Support Civic Engagement in Local Deliberation

Boettcher Foundation awarded Unify America with a grant to support civic engagement for a community deliberation project in Montrose, CO.

Morgan Lasher

Morgan Lasher

May 20, 2024

Sep 11, 2023

Montrose Recreation District Signs Resolution in Support of Efforts to Help Solve the Local Childcare Shortage
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Montrose Recreation District Signs Resolution in Support of Efforts to Help Solve the Local Childcare Shortage

Unify Montrose is hosting a process starting this summer to review and build solutions — led by residents.

Morgan Lasher

Morgan Lasher

May 20, 2024

Jul 10, 2023

The Unify Challenge College Bowl: Fostering Unity and Civil Discourse on Campus
Civics & Civility

The Unify Challenge College Bowl: Fostering Unity and Civil Discourse on Campus

The program began in October 2021 with 10 schools, and now almost 8,000 students have participated, representing a wide variety of...

Carol Vederman

Carol Vederman

May 20, 2024

Oct 16, 2023

The Unify Challenge College Bowl: An antidote to campus polarization?
Civics & Civility

The Unify Challenge College Bowl: An antidote to campus polarization?

As recent events show, political polarization is making civil discourse across differences increasingly challenging on college campuses.

DeAnna Duncan Grand

DeAnna Duncan Grand

May 20, 2024

Jan 22, 2024

Unify Montrose: Final Deliberation Community Report
Deliberation

Unify Montrose: Final Deliberation Community Report

Diverse residents in Unify Montrose tackle childcare shortage with 12 weeks of bold deliberation to craft community solutions!

Sara Drury

Sara Drury

May 20, 2024

Mar 1, 2024

Unify America and Attorney General Alliance Kick-off the Colorado Unify Challenge
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Unify America and Attorney General Alliance Kick-off the Colorado Unify Challenge

Virtual One-on-One Conversations Designed to Get Coloradans from Across the Political Spectrum Talking About Issues Affecting Colorado

Morgan Lasher

Morgan Lasher

May 2, 2024

Mar 23, 2022

The Unify Challenge College Bowl: Turning Hot-Button Political Issues into Experiential Civic Learning
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The Unify Challenge College Bowl: Turning Hot-Button Political Issues into Experiential Civic Learning

College students across the country are building leadership skills—and finding hope for the future—in an unexpected way: talking politics wi

Morgan Lasher

Morgan Lasher

May 2, 2024

May 16, 2023

INSIGHTS ON deliberative democracy

Read our founder’s insights about our theory of change, bubble-busting, deliberative democracy, and other things we love.

America: On Becoming Better
Founder Insights

America: On Becoming Better

I'm Harry Nathan Gottlieb. I founded Unify America because in a government of the people, if we are willing to unify our efforts, we can drive improvement.

There Is No They
Founder Insights

There Is No They

Since July of 2019, I have traveled in person (and by video conference) to a third of the states in the union in search of them.

Problem Solving by Jury
Founder Insights

Problem Solving by Jury

Imagine our Congressional legislators listening with an open mind to all, respectfully seeking solutions that benefit as many as possible. And succeeding.

A Theory of Consensus
Founder Insights

A Theory of Consensus

Can you imagine 80-90% of our Congressional representatives coming together around an ambitious solution to a big national problem?