BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20261022T170000Z DTEND:20261022T180000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Chamber Education: Why We're Divided And How We Can Move Forward DESCRIPTION:Why We're Divided And How We Can Move Forward\nThursday\, October 22\, 2026\n\n12:00 NOON 1:00 p.m.\n\nSpace is limited! Register Early!\n\n \n\n\nProgram Overview\n\nThis session will explore the human and structural forces driving political polarization and challenges the idea that division is inevitable. Drawing on her experience in politics and civic engagement\, speaker Shannon Watson explains why our brains\, media environment\, and political incentives pull us apart\, while offering practical\, hopeful steps individuals can take to bridge divides in their own communities. The program reframes polarization not as a moral failure\, but as a solvable civic problem and invites audiences to become part of the solution.\n\n\n\nSpeaker\n\n\n\nShannon Watson is the founder and executive director of Majority in the Middle. She has also worked in policy and public affairs roles in the public\, private\, and nonprofit sectors. She has 20+ years of experience in electoral politics\, advising candidates and working on campaigns on both sides of the aisle in Kansas\, Colorado\, and Minnesota.\n\n\n\nShannon is a frequent op-ed writer and speaker. She is also a graduate of Leadership St Paul\, a member of the twin cities MYALP cohort\, and a Humphrey Policy Fellow. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
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Why We'\;re Divided And How We Can Move Forward

\nThursday\, October 22\, 2026
\n12:00 NOON &ndash\; 1:00 p.m.
\nSpace is limited! Register Early!
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Program Overview

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This session will explore the human and structural forces driving political polarization and challenges the idea that division is inevitable. Drawing on her experience in politics and civic engagement\, speaker Shannon Watson explains why our brains\, media environment\, and political incentives pull us apart\, while offering practical\, hopeful steps individuals can take to bridge divides in their own communities. The program reframes polarization not as a moral failure\, but as a solvable civic problem &mdash\; and invites audiences to become part of the solution.
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\nShannon Watson is the founder and executive director of Majority in the Middle. She has also worked in policy and public affairs roles in the public\, private\, and nonprofit sectors. She has 20+ years of experience in electoral politics\, advising candidates and working on campaigns on both sides of the aisle in Kansas\, Colorado\, and Minnesota.
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\nShannon is a frequent op-ed writer and speaker. She is also a graduate of Leadership St Paul\, a member of the twin cities MYALP cohort\, and a Humphrey Policy Fellow. \; \;
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\n LOCATION:Chamber Conference Room 145 700 Commerce Drive Woodbury\, MN UID:e.1149.71033 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260409T182120Z URL:https://members.woodburychamber.org/events/details/chamber-education-why-we-re-divided-and-how-we-can-move-forward-71033 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR