CSPAN - Washington Journal William Doherty
Aired: 2025-04-22
Duration: 02:53


=== First Amendment Forces (02:23) ===

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[00:01:32]  Bill Doherty is our guest.
[00:01:34]  He's the co-founder of the nonprofit group Braver Angels.
[00:01:37]  And Mr. Doherty, when and why did you start Braver Angels?
[00:01:42]  Well, we started it right after the 2016 presidential election when one of our co-founders, David Blankenhor in New York City, was talking to another co-founder, David Lapp, who were in Southwest, he was in Southwest Ohio about how people were feeling about the election.
[00:01:59]  The world was ending in New York City.
[00:02:01]  It was hope for America in Southwest Ohio.
[00:02:04]  They decided on the spur of the moment to get to get 10 Hillary Clinton voters, 10 Donald Trump voters together for 13 hours over a weekend in Southwest Ohio to see if they could talk with each other, not just about each other.

=== Family Therapist's Facilitation Work (00:44) ===

[00:02:15]  Asked me to facilitate it.
[00:02:16]  It was a beautiful, great, it was a great experience, and we decided to keep going.
[00:02:21]  Asked you to facilitate it.
[00:02:22]  Why?
[00:02:22]  What's your background?
[00:02:23]  Well, I'm a family therapist, marriage and family therapist, and have done a lot of community engagement work.
[00:02:28]  So I know how to work with people who are at odds with each other.
[00:02:31]  So how many of those sit-downs have you facilitated?
[00:02:35]  How many people have gone through the Braver Angels program in the time since?
[00:02:39]  Well, 3,500 workshops of various kinds since then, 50,000, 60,000 people.
[00:02:47]  And so we spread around the country.
[00:02:49]  And our mission is to have reds and blues in leadership.