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Last week, I got the opportunity to spend time with a professor who declares herself a radical moderate, a faithful Muslim who fights for religious freedom across all religious creeds, a Jewish presidential historian, and the daughter of an evangelical minister who looks for market solutions to racial reconciliation. This somewhat eclectic group came together at the Mercatus Center’s second Pluralism Summit.


At the Summit, attendees came from higher education, civil society, religious organizations, writers, progressives, conservatives, and libertarian circles—each with a commitment to classically liberal values and civil discourse.


Subject matter experts shared insight on the role of institutions, social psychology, and cultural trends in creating and combating polarization. We explored innovative solutions for developing and implementing strategies for equipping others to become “confident pluralists.”


You might ask yourself, what does another gathering such as this matter? In truth, the need has grown ever larger as conflict over politics, culture, and identity increases. We shouldn’t despair; we’ve seen divisive times before, and our democracy and institutions have endured. But we need to exercise the muscle of pluralism regularly. And we need new movements, institutions, and people who will build the next wave of pluralism.


There might be no better example of the power of inclusive conversation than
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Daryl Davis . Daryl gave the first plenary talk of the Summit and recounted his experiences of talking to members of the Ku Klux Klan. He sat down with people who hated him because of the color of his skin and had honest, genuine conversations. His efforts led to over 200 members of the KKK renouncing their white supremacist beliefs, simply through the power of civil dialogue.


Daryl’s talk will be featured on Ben Klutsey’s Pluralist Points podcast next month. Subscribe now on
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