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Alexis Morgan tells the story of The Civility Project. In 2019, after an opinion piece hurt the Nez Perce Tribe, three leaders of the Lewiston Tribune set out to confront incivility in their own community. They didn't have all the answers, and they were criticized along the way. They asked for help from the National Institute for Civil Discourse, held community conversations in five towns, brought former Governor Butch Otter and other leaders to a public forum, and changed how their newspaper served its readers.

Drawing on her master's research at the University of Idaho and the Crucial Conversations framework, Alexis covers:

• Five steps for working through hard conversations, and how the Tribune put each one into practice
• Why changing how we treat each other is so hard (with insight from Immunity to Change)
• An honest story about a time she chose to leave a hard conversation unopened
• Simple ways to start, even if it's just dipping a toe in

Resources:

• Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High by Patterson, Grenny, McMillan & Switzler
• Immunity to Change by Robert Kegan & Lisa Laskow Lahey
• National Institute for Civil Discourse

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What does it take to turn an issue into legislation? Time? Relationships? Listening? The AI in Education workgroup is highlighted in turning an issue into public policy.

In this episode, Alexis Morgan sits down with Idaho Senator Kevin Cook to talk about what goes into making quality legislation. They explore who needs to be at the table when a bill takes shape, and what happens when those voices aren't included.

From there, the conversation covers a wide range of issues facing Idaho:

• AI in education: how Idaho is approaching it and what's most important to protect in our classrooms
• Protecting kids: keeping kids safer from harmful content and the value of limiting tech
• Water policy: lessons from his research on the Great Basin and what Idaho communities need to understand
• Nuclear energy: what he wants people to know about Idaho's energy future
• Data centers: what they mean for Idaho, from a uniquely Idaho perspective
• Scams targeting older Idahoans: recent work to protect seniors across the state

Whether you're a parent, educator, or engaged citizen, this conversation offers a behind-the-scenes look at how policy gets made and why the people behind it matter.

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Have you noticed that division in the United States feels higher than ever? What if conflict isn't the cause of our division, but rather the normalization of contempt within conflict?

In this dual release, Matt Todd of The Ranch podcast invites Alexis on to talk all things Dignity Index. As a member of the Dignity Politics team at Dignity.US, Alexis takes listeners behind the scenes of the index: how it was developed, how research studies have verified and validated it, and how it's spreading across the United States.

Together, Alexis and Matt break down:

• What it means to use the language of dignity
• How to see ourselves honestly in the moment through self-confrontation
• How you can be part of the dignity movement to help ease division in your family, neighborhood, school, community, and workplace

Learn more about the Dignity Index at www.Dignity.US.

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