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Podcast: We Are For Good Podcast - The Podcast for Nonprofits
Episode: 627. Healing Through Conversation: Building Trust in Polarizing Times - Katie Hyten, Essential Partners
Description: Meet Katie 🤝, the Co-Executive Director of Essential Partners. She’s helping communities navigate tough conversations and build trust across divides. With a background in international negotiation and conflict resolution from Tufts University’s Fletcher School, Katie brings deep expertise in dialogue, identity, and civic action.In this episode, we’re talking about what it really takes to hold space in polarized times—and why dialogue might just be our most powerful tool for healing and change. Katie shares practical tools for listening, building understanding (even across disagreement), and creating space for connection when it feels hardest.If you’re...