What happens when people with different political perspectives choose to sit at one table?

In this special episode, Dr. Phillip D. Fletcher hosts a Civil Discourse Forum, bringing together voices from Republican, Democrat, Independent, and Libertarian backgrounds for a structured, face-to-face conversation.

This is not a debate—it’s a practice.

Participants engage topics such as political discourse, race, immigration, healthcare, education, and the state of America, while committing to a different approach: listening with intention, speaking with courage, and protecting human dignity in disagreement.

Grounded in principles inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s steps to nonviolence, this forum reflects a simple but powerful idea:

Civil discourse does not guarantee agreement—it protects dignity while disagreement unfolds.