From Bill Freeman âThere is no vaccine for polarizationâ: Vanderbilt project to tackle the hard work of fact-based reconciliation Tweet Share
Organizers of Vanderbilt Universityâs Project on Unity and American Democracy hope to help our country realize what we have in common by using well-documented events from our past. âThereâs no vaccine for polarization,â say the projectâs leaders. This project has a lofty goal, and one that will be reached by walking the long road to recovery, step by step.
The most significant goal of the project is to separate fact from fiction â to ensure that more of our opinions are rooted in fact so that we return to a place of cooperation based on a shared history and experience. By finding commonality and illustrating pivotal points in our history where we have faced similar issues, we can better identify which actions led to improvement and which worked to t