Listening Skill

Badge recipient completed coursework that activates their skills of LISTENING with empathy and curiosity to cultivate daily bridge-building habits.

Issuer	Civics Credentialing
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It takes time and dedication to cultivate these skills.  \n\nLearners are encouraged to take multiple trainings and earn all three Skill badges: Listening, Dialogue, and Collaboration. \n\nThis will award learners a Bridging Divides Microcredential. \n\n###About the Bridging Divides Badging & Microcredential Program\n\nThe Bridging Divides Badging & Microcredential Program is stewarded and endorsed by the Bridging Movement Collaborative, a collective leadership effort of the [Listen First Coalition](https://www.listenfirstproject.org/listen-first-coalition) to erase toxic division from our civic culture while building productive civic engagement. It is also endorsed by Bridge Alliance and the National Coalition of Dialogue and Deliberation. The program provides a pathway for learners to acquire the skills needed to be an effective bridge builder in their home, workplace, and community spaces. Explore more about the program [here](https://www.conversation.us/skill-up). 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