What's Your Political Identity? Notes from our January 15, 2025 Meeting

The January 15, 2025 meeting of the Braver Angels Fairfax Alliance included a roundtable discussion around three questions posed in advance:... Read more »

How to Take the Constitution Seriously - Text of a Presentation by Scholar Yuval Levin

How to Take the Constitution Seriously  by Yuval Levin (Wonderful overview of of themes similar to Yural Levin's book  American Covenant... Read more »

Post-2024 Election Meeting Notes from 11/12/2024

As you know, our last monthly meeting was on November 12 where we discussed the results of the November 5 Presidential Election. Attendees w... Read more »

Braver Angels-Final Points of Agreement-Common Ground Workshop: Addressing Immigration (10/12/24)

This was the output of the National Braver Angels Common Ground Workshop: Addressing Immigration (10/12/2024) This was an online workshop ho... Read more »

Braver Angels Immigration Common Ground Pre-Read 10-12-2024

This immigration backgrounder document was prepared by Braver Angels to give other parties a basic introduction to the history and status of... Read more »

Deep Dive Meeting With Experts on Immigration - 10/8/2024

As a follow up to the discussion on immigration in August, we invited four panelists, whose careers provide unique perspectives on the topic... Read more »

Notes from our Discussion a week after Trump/Harris Debate (9/17/2024)

  Notes from our Meeting on September 17, 2024, on the Presidential Debate Our September 17th discussion centered around the Presidential de... Read more »

2024 Convention Recap & Immigration Discussion: Part 1

We welcomed many new faces at our August 20th, 2022, meeting devoted to the contentious topic of immigration, when we had an opportunity to ... Read more »

June 2024 Meeting: Which political leaders of the past or present do/did you find to be most inspirational even if you didn’t agree with their messages?

  The June 11 meeting of the Fairfax Alliance focused on the question of which political leaders of the past or present do/did you find to b... Read more »

Alliance Meeting 4/15/2024: How religious or moral beliefs inform our political views

Fairfax Alliance Meeting  April 15, 2024 Topic: Panel Discussion on How Religious or Moral Beliefs Inform Our Political Views ( Click here ... Read more »

4/15/2024 Meeting Reference Materials from

Here are six slides with graphics from Gallup and Pew on comparing "religious nones" in the USA with total population on topics in... Read more »

2/13/2024 Meeting Notes: Hopes and Concerns, for the Coming Year 2024, Individually and Nationally

Click here  to view or download the notes as a PDF ·            Introductions and announcements o    Several events for late February were... Read more »