Braver Angels Arkansas

Braver Angels is a citizens’ organization uniting all Americans in a working alliance to depolarize America. We try to understand another person's point of view, even if we don’t agree with it. We engage those we disagree with, looking for common ground and ways to work together. We support principles that bring us together rather than divide us.

We inspire and equip Americans to practice courageous citizenship across political differences through skill-building, convening, and collaborative action.

Our Vision

Braver Angels Arkansas envisions a state where neighbors work together to strengthen their communities – modeling a better way of being citizens – by equipping local people and groups to build trust, practice respectful engagement, and create citizen-led solutions to shared community challenges.

Our Goals

• Establish a vibrant and active organization at both the state and local levels 

• Reach across political divides and develop greater respectful communication

• Develop collaborations to help solve problems facing our state and nation.

The Braver Angels Way

We ask all observers & participants of our events to abide by The Braver Angels Way:

• We state our views freely and fully, without fear. 

• We treat people who disagree with us with honesty, dignity and respect. 

• We welcome opportunities to engage with those with whom we disagree. 

• We believe all of us have blind spots and none of us are not worth talking to.

• We seek to disagree accurately, avoiding exaggeration and stereotypes.

• We look for common ground where it exists and, if possible, find ways to work together.

• We believe that, in disagreements, both sides share and learn.

In Braver Angels, neither side is teaching the other or giving feedback on how to think or say things differently. 

Leadership for Braver Angels Arkansas 2026

State Coordinator (Red):  April Chatham-Carpenter
State Coordinator (Blue): Open

Alliance Co-chair (Purple): Kwami Abdul-Bey

Alliance Co-chair (Red): Ray Hanley
Alliance Co-chair (Blue): Open

Communications Co-chair: Gina Bridges
Communications Co-chair: Glen White

College Liaison: Kent Myers 

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