Democracy Forum

Host: Ann Luther, League of Women Voters of Maine We’ll talk about the political divide in the aftermath of the 2020 general election. Do we share any common ground? What happened at “America in One Room” in 2019? And what does it mean for American in 2021. What lessons can we learn about American democracy and its future? Guests: Larry Diamond, Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution James Fishkin, Janet M Peck Chair of International Communication at Stanford University, and Director of the Center for Deliberative Democracy. Steve Wessler, Maine human rights educator, trainer, and advocate specializing in conflict resolution To learn more about this topic: These 526 Voters Represent All of America. And They Spent a Weekend Together, New York Times, October, 2019 America in One Room Our Common Purpose “Pulling Our Politics Back from the Brink,” The New Yorker, November, 2020 “?You’re Wrong A