Diane Hessan on Our Common Ground, Sunday

Americans have more common ground than we realize, says entrepreneur and Boston Globe columnist Diane Hessan. The problem is that we fail to listen to and understand each other.

Ms. Hessan speaks on Sunday morning, September 19 at 11:30 at the Unitarian Church in Westport. The church is located at 10 Lyons Plains Road (Westport).

Her talk will also be broadcast on the Unitarian Church worship Zoom link.

For four years, Ms. Hessan held weekly conversations with voters across the nation. On issue after issue, she found, the country is not nearly as polarized as commonly believed. On seemingly divisive topics such as guns, immigration, climate change, and the coronavirus she heard an overwhelming majority of shared views across political lines.

On deep issues of family and willingness to work hard to make ends meet she found “Our Common Ground,” the title of her new book, a synthesis of a series of Globe columns she authored.

According to the Amazon review of “Our Common Ground,” which contains testimonials from thought leaders across the social and political spectrum, Ms. Hessan’s research reveals that “the path to healing our divided nation is both simple and profound … ”

“We must turn down the heat. We must begin to listen, to stop presuming, to try to understand, to treat each other with dignity, and to know that most Americans are not crazy radicals. We truly share common ground. If we can pull together, we can have a much better America.”