The Bridging Divides Initiative’s (BDI) is a non-partisan research initiative at Princeton University that tracks and mitigates political violence in the United States.
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The Horizons Project
The Horizons Project, a fiscally sponsored project of New Venture Fund, advances research on weakening and dismantling authoritarianism in the United States.
Global Project Against Hate and Extremism, Inc.
Launched in 2020, the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism (GPAHE) was founded by Heidi Beirich and Wendy Via to address the gap in efforts to stop transnational hate and far-right extremism movements, particularly U.S.-based activity that is exported to other countries and across borders.
Georgetown University
The Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life supports the efforts of U.S. Catholic leadership to advance the common good in our multiracial, pluralist democracy. The Initiative also strengthens the U.S. Catholic community’s resistance to the misuse and distortion of Catholic principles for anti-democratic ideological ideas and goals.
Faith Matters Network Collaborative
Faith Matters Network catalyzes personal and social change by equipping community organizers, faith leaders, and activists with resources for connection, spiritual sustainability, and accompaniment.
Center for Christianity and Public Life
The Center for Christianity and Public Life (CCPL) is a nonpartisan institution in the nation’s capital that contends for the credibility of Christian resources in public life, for the public good. They believe Christians have much to contribute to the effort to build a healthy, inclusive civic pluralism in 21st century America.
People’s Action Institute
People’s Action Institute is a national network of 40 member-based, power-building organizations in 29 states with more than a million members and tens of thousands of national volunteers. They work to advance a long-term agenda for racial, economic and gender justice by investing in powerful state and local organizations and campaigns that win real change in people’s lives.
Future Currents
The Social and Economic Justice Leaders Planning Group, a fiscally sponsored project of the New Venture Fund, provides research, scenario-planning methodologies, and strategy-design processes to grassroots organizations and movement leaders to help them achieve their goals for a vibrant, reparative democracy.
Hearken
The Election SOS project at Hearken, a fiscally sponsored project of Policy Impact, provides training, coaching, and capacity support to journalists for more engaged, trusted, and responsive elections coverage.
Over Zero
To provide support to Over Zero, a fiscally sponsored project of the Hopewell Fund, in its aim to bring about the reduction and prevention of violence and to create societal resilience on issues pertaining to violence prevention, polarization, and more, partner with civil society organizations, and in particular, better implement a newly developed long-term strategic approach in the United States to create societal resilience to violence.