A speaker series focused on bringing together public servants for civil, respectful, and productive conversations.

The Center’s “Bipartisanship (and Friendship) Happen!” series, brought pairs of accomplished and dedicated public officials together to talk about their determination to extend the ties of shared enterprise and friendship across the divisions of recent times.

The Center started this series because it believes that the tensions of our time put a premium on seizing every opportunity for civil, respectful, and productive conversations. Polarization in national civic culture has a long history, a fact that cannot provide much consolation or comfort to Americans. While many of the events in this series feature Coloradans, they also included regional and national participants.