CHAT from Jan. 27,2022 MNS Zoom on BraverAngels.org

Presenters: Sandra Boston & Bill RIchardson (MA)
Wevers: Seth Horwitz (tech), Joan (fac.), Mary McCaffrey, FredCook.
Plus: Shodo Spring, Vic Compher, Lynne Weiss & Bob Irwin, Gail Irish,
Sultana Alam, Jeff Aitken, Eleanor Warnock, Herb DC, Steve Wineman,
David and Jan Hartsough, Peter Bergel, David & Nancy Finke, Ellen,
Gary Lyndaker, Dorothy Goertz

00:49:21	Herb DC, Pawtomak: See ActivistTools.org links to
* Princeton Study Finds Public Opinion has 'near-zero' impact on US law;
* George Lakey's 30-min. video: Polarization: The “Forge” that 
Heats up System Change- “How We Win” vital reforms/redirection now,
as in the 1930s, 1960s and as Scandinavians did;
* Ralph Nader in his "Unstoppable: The Emerging Left-Right Alliance to Dismantle the Corporate State" -- proposes 25 Issue Reforms ripe+ready for joint "convergent action";
* Kurt Lewin's Change Management Model--three stage theory of change is commonly referred to as Unfreeze, Change, Freeze (or Refreeze)--action/behavior leads to change in attitude/belief...

00:58:09	Lynne Weiss & Bob Irwin: Has Congress always been separated socially across party lines or is this new?
01:24:59	Fred Cook Ohlone Land Unceded:	Voter suppression vs. voter fraud
01:25:17	Shodo Spring:	What Fred said, and election fraud.
01:26:32	Peter Bergel:	We've had mail in balloting in Oregon for 20 years and minimal fraud of any kind that has ever been demonstrated.
01:27:01	Shodo Spring:	Minnesota has had same-day registration forever and no fraud. And we defeated a voter ID proposal.
01:36:26	Fred Cook Ohlone Land Unceded:	Larger context: https://covidvaccinesideeffects.com/mattias-desmet-on-mass-formation-psychosis/  AND The difference between productive polarization and dangerous polarization has to do with whether there is dehumanization and what Wilhelm Reich called emotional plague -  when the scapegoating turns violent we are in trouble... Another angle on this problem is that when people are in fight-flight the cognitive functions shut down and a person’s ability to even distinguish friend from foe is shut off... This underscores the importance of establishing “safety” as part of the environment.  Restorative Practices Alliance has done good work on this. https://restorativepractices.com
... We could do well to have rules in the Congress that reflect the insights of Braver Angels.  So that in addition to making campaign funding transparent that slander and libel would be ruled out of bounds.

01:39:55	Shodo Spring:	Thanks Fred. Important.
01:40:21	Herb DC: Find 4 key refs. above at ActivistTools.org

SPECIAL THANKS SHOUTED TO BILL & SANDRA from:
Gail Irish, Vic Compher, Shodo Spring, Steve Wineman