The Waging Diaglogue Project is a search for new and better ways of communicating across divides. Cultural and technological forces are dividing people across modern society, leaving political systems stagnant and ineffectual. Efforts to address this toxic polarization typically stress the need for debate, empathy, and compromise, but this may not provide a complete or lasting solution. As unprecedented advances in technology radically reshape how we interact, the time to develop a model for true shared understanding may be now or never. This will require a major advancement in the science of human psychology.

June Klees, PhD is a scholar of American political culture. June holds degrees in education and history, as well as graduate certifications in public history and distance education. June is a founder and the adviser of the Civics Corps, a community college organization focused on developing students’ job-ready skills in Civic Diplomacy, dialogue, and professionalism.