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Spencer Cox"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Braver Angels CEO Maury Giles announced this week a new organizational advisory council of \u201c23 leaders who disagree on many things\u201d but who agree to \u201cstand together, publicly, behind the idea that Americans can hold fast to their convictions while staying genuinely curious about the convictions of people on the other side.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=1320\">Graham Platner wins Maine primary as past scandals loom over Senate race<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Utah Gov. Spencer Cox is one of four politicians on the new Braver Angels Advisory Council. He is joined by former U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn, and U.S. Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., and Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y. <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>Related<\/div>\n<div>The right kind of conflict<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Paul Edwards, the director of BYU\u2019s Wheatley Institute, was also announced as part of the council. He is joined by seven other prominent academics focused on the health of public discourse, including: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jonathan Haidt, Heterodox Academy co-founder, NYU Stern School of Business<\/li>\n<li>Donna Hicks, global conflict resolution specialist, Harvard Kennedy School<\/li>\n<li>Melody Barnes, Karsh Institute of Democracy, University of Virginia<\/li>\n<li>Cornel West, Union Theological Seminary<\/li>\n<li>Pete Peterson, dean of the School of Public Policy, Pepperdine University<\/li>\n<li>John A. Powell, director of the Othering and Belonging Institute, University of California, Berkeley<\/li>\n<li>Keith Allred, executive director, National Institute for Civil Discourse, University of Arizona<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The new Braver Angels Advisory Council includes two public intellectuals who have been outspoken about American discourse, including at the Deseret News. <\/p>\n<p>Yuval Levin, director of social, cultural and constitutional studies at the American Enterprise Institute, wrote an op-ed for the Deseret News in 2024, titled \u201cWhy the Constitution respects disagreement and reveres unity.\u201d Levin elaborated in a Deseret News video, \u201cThe Constitution says if you want to move, you need to build a broader coalition. You can\u2019t move with a very narrow majority.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Rauch, senior fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution, is also on the council. Last year, the Deseret News published his essay, \u201cAmerica is divided. Can religion provide a better way?\u201d In an accompanying video, Rauch said, \u201cPartisanship is the new religion in America,\u201d and argued that Christianity is \u201ca load-bearing wall in our democracy\u201d in the way it \u201cgives people a sense of why they\u2019re on the planet and what to do with this freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Constitution doesn\u2019t take care of itself, it needs a substrate of republican virtues,\u201d he said. \u201cPolitics can\u2019t bear that kind of meaning.\u201d <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><svg><g><g><g><\/g><\/g><\/g><\/svg><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Braver Angels Advisory Council also includes Deseret News contributor M\u00f3nica Guzm\u00e1n \u2014 who hosts \u201cA Braver Way\u201d podcast in partnership with the Braver Angels publication \u2014 and Braver Angels co-founder David Blankenhorn, who is also a Deseret News contributor. <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>Related<\/div>\n<div>Don\u2019t let truth-seeking be subverted by power-keeping<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Authors Alvin Wang and Amanda Ripley (who leads Good Conflict) are joined by several other leaders of civil society organizations on the council, including: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Vince Stango, National Constitution Center<\/li>\n<li>R. Scott Stephenson, Museum of the American Revolution<\/li>\n<li>Tim Shriver, Dignity Index and UNITE<\/li>\n<li>Jim Ferrell, Arbinger Institute <\/li>\n<li>Layla Zaidane, Future Caucus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These are the \u201cinitial members\u201d of the board, Giles wrote in the announcement, with more leaders slated to be \u201cadded as this work spreads.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=1318\">Congress passes $70 billion immigration funding bill in major win for GOP agenda<\/a><\/p>\n<p>These new advisers \u201cwould not agree on many questions you could put in front of them,\u201d Giles said, which continues the nine-year-old organization\u2019s focus on fostering ideological disagreement. As John Wood Jr. wrote in 2023, \u201cAt Braver Angels, we lean heavily on red\/blue balance. The principle that conservatives and liberals must be represented in equal proportions at every level of our leadership, and also across our community as much as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Giles told the Deseret News that nearly all of these council members will be participating in the upcoming Braver Angels 2026 National Convention, June 26-29 in Philadelphia, either in person or via video message. <\/p>\n<p>One hope for the council, Giles explained, is to reach more of \u201cthe vast, exhausted majority looking for a healthier option than fear and partisan contempt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Every person on the list believes \u201cour social fabric depends on our willingness to engage across differences and build together,\u201d his announcement continued. \u201cThey are lending their names, their voices, and their reach to that conviction.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>An invitation to others weary of contempt<\/h3>\n<p>Those who engage across differences with openness experience \u201csomething that surprises them every time,\u201d Giles added. \u201cThe relief of disagreeing without contempt, and the discovery that the person across the table is not who the feed said they were.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Braver Angels CEO argued that this is \u201cthe practice of governing self that\u2019s required for self-government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Giles ended the announcement with an invitation to anyone reading the message: \u201cThis week, have one conversation across partisan differences you\u2019ve been avoiding. Identify one need in your community to act on with someone else. Bring curiosity instead of your case. See what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is how the world changes, he concluded. \u201cOne person, one conversation, one act at a time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=1316\">New Utah coalition threatens lawsuit over planned ICE detention center<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Utah Gov. 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