Collaboration Skill

Badge recipient completed coursework that activates skills to COLLABORATE with others across differences to build community, reduce polarization and collectively solve problems.

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\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. 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