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Bridging Towards A Society Built on Belonging
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For more information on Bridging visit: https://belonging.berkeley.edu/bridgi... • Video Transcript: • Of all the forces shaping politics and power around the world, perhaps none are more important than our sense of who we are, and who we are becoming. • We are in a period of accelerated change in at least four areas—globalization, technology, the environment, and demographic change. • We can only process so much change in a short period of time without experiencing anxiety, which is a normal biological reaction. But how we respond to this anxiety is social. • Our response is greatly shaped by the stories presented by leadership and through culture. • These stories speak to our deepest values and our core beliefs about who we are—many of which operate at the subconscious level. • We can respond to these changes either as a threat or as an opportunity. The first response is breaking, the latter is bridging. • Breaking can create a deep fear of other groups, making it easier to accept false stories of “us vs. them.” • Breaking perpetuates isolation, hardens racism, and builds oppressive systems—while driving our politics and institutions toward anti-democratic and inhumane practices. • The other response is bridging, which calls on us to imagine a larger, more inclusive “we.” • When we bridge, we see demographic change and our diverse identities as positive and enhancing who we are. • Bridging calls on us to engage in healthy dialogue and requires us to listen deeply. • Bridging does not mean abandoning your identity. • Bridging means acknowledging our shared humanity, rejecting that there is a “them,” and moving towards a future where there is instead a new “us.” • For when we bridge, we not only open up to others, we also open up to change within ourselves – where we can participate in creating a society built on belonging.
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