Hahrie Han

And so the small group experience was a really big part of that. So I think there is a sort of element of risk there. And there's another kind of cultural element from Crossroads that fed into Undivided, which is this idea that belonging comes before belief, which is such a pithy way to me of capturing this kind of core truth that is true in the social science research.

And so the small group experience was a really big part of that. So I think there is a sort of element of risk there. And there's another kind of cultural element from Crossroads that fed into Undivided, which is this idea that belonging comes before belief, which is such a pithy way to me of capturing this kind of core truth that is true in the social science research.

But we don't normally build our organizations that way, which is that when people feel socially embedded and connected to each other, then the capacity to sort of change their beliefs flows from that in a way. But very often, if you think about it, our political system is built around the idea that belief comes before belonging, right?

But we don't normally build our organizations that way, which is that when people feel socially embedded and connected to each other, then the capacity to sort of change their beliefs flows from that in a way. But very often, if you think about it, our political system is built around the idea that belief comes before belonging, right?

So if I'm an environmental organization, who do I go out and try to recruit? I try to recruit other people who support environmental issues, right? And I try to get them involved. And so the idea is that first you have to believe the same thing that I believe, and then we're going to welcome you into a community of belonging, right?

So if I'm an environmental organization, who do I go out and try to recruit? I try to recruit other people who support environmental issues, right? And I try to get them involved. And so the idea is that first you have to believe the same thing that I believe, and then we're going to welcome you into a community of belonging, right?

But one thing that a church is doing is if we're in the mission of converting people to God, we have to start with belonging because we're assuming that a lot of people out there have not yet come into this community of belief that we're trying to build.

But one thing that a church is doing is if we're in the mission of converting people to God, we have to start with belonging because we're assuming that a lot of people out there have not yet come into this community of belief that we're trying to build.

And so that culture of creating settings of radical hospitality came, was part of Crossroads, but also infused Undivided and I think created the kind of social environment that

And so that culture of creating settings of radical hospitality came, was part of Crossroads, but also infused Undivided and I think created the kind of social environment that

that people needed that enabled them to feel comfortable taking risks even on things like you know traversing something like the racial divide in america um and then the third thing i'll just sort of say is excuse me there was a cultural sorry there's a structural element to what they did that um the fact that they that people were organized into these self-governing small groups

that people needed that enabled them to feel comfortable taking risks even on things like you know traversing something like the racial divide in america um and then the third thing i'll just sort of say is excuse me there was a cultural sorry there's a structural element to what they did that um the fact that they that people were organized into these self-governing small groups

that were able to do their work, but each of those small groups was connected to a larger program that was nested within a larger church and so on and so forth, meant that it essentially was creating like a fractal structure, you know, where there's a pattern of behavior that's established at this intimate level at the human scale, right? But that

that were able to do their work, but each of those small groups was connected to a larger program that was nested within a larger church and so on and so forth, meant that it essentially was creating like a fractal structure, you know, where there's a pattern of behavior that's established at this intimate level at the human scale, right? But that

that pattern was replicated at ever larger scales within the church. And so it had the effect both of creating a set of habits that could then become scaled in a different way, but also making people feel like they were part of something bigger than themselves. And I think all those things kind of came together to create this brew of possibility that was really different than most DEI programs.

that pattern was replicated at ever larger scales within the church. And so it had the effect both of creating a set of habits that could then become scaled in a different way, but also making people feel like they were part of something bigger than themselves. And I think all those things kind of came together to create this brew of possibility that was really different than most DEI programs.

Yeah. I mean, I might put it slightly differently, which is that, you know, in organizing, which is a lot of what I spend my time studying, organizers make a distinction between getting people to do a thing versus getting people to become the kind of people who do what needs to be done. Right.

Yeah. I mean, I might put it slightly differently, which is that, you know, in organizing, which is a lot of what I spend my time studying, organizers make a distinction between getting people to do a thing versus getting people to become the kind of people who do what needs to be done. Right.

You know, and so to put it in the language of, you know, kind of like, it's like, you know, are we creating kind of adaptive agents, you know, who can respond to the kind of uncertain environments of navigating difference that we're all going to face, right? Or are we creating, you know, automatons who can respond formulaically to a set of scripted scenarios that are given to them?

You know, and so to put it in the language of, you know, kind of like, it's like, you know, are we creating kind of adaptive agents, you know, who can respond to the kind of uncertain environments of navigating difference that we're all going to face, right? Or are we creating, you know, automatons who can respond formulaically to a set of scripted scenarios that are given to them?