Dialogue Across Divides
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.