The Nonprofit Fighting America's Division With Adam Mizel

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In May 2020, Adam Mizel was yelling at his television. His wife turned to him and said, "You've been screaming at the TV about the Yankees for thirty years and they never hear you.

If you feel this way, what are you going to do?" He stood up, walked away from private equity, and spent the next five years building a movement to reunite America.

Last summer he drove across the country in a purple and white pickup truck with a film crew, talked to thousands of Americans, interviewed Shaq, and discovered something the media does not report: most people are not nearly as divided as they are told to be.

This is the story of Us United, the Unity Pledge, and what it actually takes to change a culture.

Chapters:
[01:08] Why Adam left private equity to do this
[03:02] Is America's division normal or something new?
[05:47] How technology and AI are magnifying the problem
[09:58] How to protect yourself from misinformation
[13:34] The legal difference between publishers and bulletin boards
[15:33] The road trip: driving across America in a purple pickup truck
[23:41] The Unity Pledge and how to change the algorithm
[29:00] Unity Seats: bringing strangers together at sporting events
[35:48] How to have a constructive conversation across the divide
[39:38] 30 For Us: the redlining story that changed four minds in 30 minutes
[42:24] Why changing your mind is not flip-flopping, it is growing
[46:12] How to get involved with Us United


Connect with Us United:

Website: us-united.org

Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, LinkedIn: @UsUnited

Connect with Find Your Cause:

#FindYourCause #GTZP #UsUnited #Unity #AmericanUnity #Nonprofit #CivicEngagement #Storytelling #Leadership #UsUnitedOrg

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US United Inc.

Mission

US United is a movement to build unity in America that provides all of us the tools we need to reunite our country.

About

As a not-for-profit media collective, we use large-scale cultural moments, community action and initiatives, powerful storytelling, and dynamic engagement to break people out of the bubbles and labels many are trapped in to create meaningful connections and commUNITY. We offer an array of digital and event based activations that are designed to make unity cool and relevant in culture. From our Unity Pledge and follow up to Change the Algorithm by just once a week posting an example of a positive, compassionate, community building activity you did or witnessed to our Unity Seats at sporting events and concerts to our Sheriff's Unity Network, US United is building the brand of unity that is providing hope and action to all Americans.
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