Dialogue Across Divides
2/3 Dialogue is essential to democracy. With Mismatch, students learn to humanize the “other.”
With Mismatch, students talk to other students across the country, inspiring them to connect beyond their immediate world and build a healthy democracy - without leaving the classroom.
mismatch (n.) - A virtual dialogue between students that are the political, racial, geographical, and socio-economic opposite of another.
Dialogue is essential to democracy. With Mismatch, students learn to humanize the “other.”
What Mismatch Pilot students found
92%
of students from the Mismatch pilot reported better understanding the other perspective or the other person after just one conversation.
99%
of students found the conversation somewhat or extremely valuable.
From 2017 Mismatch pilot
I’m overhearing some of the conversations … awesome! This is civil discourse!!
Build a better world one conversation at a time.