Community Response Case Study: Grand Traverse, Michigan (December 2022)

The Bridging Divides Initiative (BDI) team conducted interviews in Grand Traverse, Michigan, to better understand the local realities of political violence in the United States and highlight community responses. To understand what this looks like in practice, BDI structured our text around drivers of conflict and community mitigation strategies taking place in Grand Traverse. While these are not the only points of tension or unity in Grand Traverse, this case study offers a snapshot of community response and an opportunity to highlight the complexities of a specific local context.