The statewide Zoom Alliance meets on the third Sunday of each month at 6:00 PM.  It includes Braver Angels from all over the state of Illinois discussing recent issues and potential workshops and initiatives.

To learn more and get the Zoom link, contact our Alliance Co-Chairs: Brian Padden and Chuck Stone.

This is a mostly in-person Alliance of Braver Angels members in the Champaign County area of Illinois.  The group is informally named the "Tired-of-all-the-Fighting Illini" and meets at 7 PM on the last Tuesday of the month; location can vary.  

For more information, please contact the Alliance Co-Chairs: Tony Schutz and Craig Chamberlain.

We have a mix of online and in-person meetings for our members in the Chicagoland area.

Even numbered months: first Saturday of the month, we meet in-person, noon to 2 pm

Odd numbered months: first Thursday of the month, we meet on Zoom, 6:30 to 8:00 pm

If you are interested in attending one of the Chicagoland Alliance meetings, please contact our co-chairs: Svetlana Bekman and Brian Padden.

Braver Politics is a new movement in Illinois and other states where Braver Angels members are getting more directly involved in promoting civility and respect between elected officials and between officials and their constituents.  

Please contact the state coordinators for more information.

Would you like to do more in-person activities with Braver Angels?

Our two in-person alliances, Chicagoland and East-Central Illinois, are doing great things, but we would like to expand the ability for more BA members to get together in person, especially in areas where travel to the alliance meetings is difficult. 

As such, we are trying to facilitate informal clubs and gatherings for members across the state.  This could be as simple as a couple of people meeting for coffee and having a conversation. 

Then, if your group grows and you’d like to go through the process of becoming an alliance (where you can host official Braver Angels events and workshops), the state leadership can help with that. 

We will facilitate these groups by putting people in somewhat close proximity in touch with each other and allowing them to coordinate amongst themselves.  We will be happy to do a bit of brainstorming with you and answer questions along the way.. But in general, you will have the freedom to organize gatherings that work for those involved. Geography will depend on interest. 

If you already have some people in mind that are not yet Braver Angels members, but may be interested in some of these informal gatherings, you may invite them as well.   

IMPORTANT: Please remember the principles of Braver Angels during these gatherings. In addition, these groups will not be official Braver Angels entities.  Therefore, there should not be any public statements, advertisements, or media stories implying official affiliation with the Braver Angels organization.

If you are interested in participating in these informal meetups, and are OK with your email address being shared with other interested Braver Angels in your area, please fill out this Google form and we will do our best to put you in touch with one another. 

Google Form: https://forms.gle/ZYwueQsXawTPgoAy8

Help us build bridges all across the state of Illinois, one personal connection at a time.