UNUM Digital Series - Resetting the Table: Wisdom from Conflict

The Humanity Beneath Our Conflict

As part of our fall 2023-spring 2024 virtual lecture series, UNUM: Democracy Reignited, we’ll engage international expertise in service of quelling increasingly dangerous divisions here at home. After years of focus on volatile disagreements surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Resetting the Table has broadened their attention to sharing their wisdom with those of us seeking a peaceful path forward through America’s cultural divide.

We’ll be joined by Rabbi Melissa Weintraub of Resetting the Table — who bring decades of expertise to the more difficult divisions of our time. Learn more about Resetting the Table by clicking here.

In the aftermath of the 2016 election — after years of focus on volatile disagreements surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict — Resetting the Table launched an ambitious initiative forging communication and understanding across red/blue/purple divides in the U.S. They began with a Listening Campaign and series of dialogue forums in the heart of the Wisconsin and Iowa Rust Belt counties that swung Obama-to-Trump in the 2016 election, engaging and partnering with many “unusual suspects” for bridge-building work: from conventional dairy farmers to blue-collar workers to Evangelical pastors. Today, they offer training and forums targeting clergy, journalists, bridge-building practitioners, conservative and progressive activists, and more.