A Q-and-A with BridgeUSA Founder & CEO
Manu Meel believes that our current division is more philosophical than political.
“It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept and celebrate those differences.”
—Audre Lorde
American college campuses were once the centerpoint for intellectual debate and civic dialogue.
Today, they’re more often flashpoints in the culture wars. Places where openness is discouraged and opposition stifled.
But BridgeUSA is working to change that. It’s mission is to empower young people to engage in constructive dialogue and disagreement. With BridgeUSA’s help, a new movement is growing on college campuses across the nation — one focused not just on civil disagreement, but on friendship.
We recently spoke with CEO and Founder of BridgeUSA Manu Meel and President of the University of Tennessee at Knoxville BridgeUSA chapter Nicholas Huber. You can read the full story at the link below:
Is the ‘Bridging’ movement the counterculture of our time?
With acceptance of political violence at an all-time high, a silent but growing number of college students – members of BridgeUSA – are showing Americans it's OK to disagree.
To read more from my interview with Meel and Huber — in which we discuss the connection between the loneliness crisis and polarization, what Meel believes the true divides are between Americans (hint: it’s not between the Right and Left) and the role that colleges should be playing with regard to dialogue and disagreement — become a Spirit & Sword paying subscriber today.
