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Hope, Not Fear Project

What Hope, Not Fear Is and Is Not

Renewing trust, truth, and civic courage in American life.

What Hope, Not Fear IS

  • A civic and cultural project. It exists to name a reality many Americans feel but struggle to say out loud: we are exhausted, divided, and losing trust in one another — and that path leads nowhere good.
  • Pro-democracy, pro-human dignity, and pro-responsibility. We believe democracy only works when citizens stay engaged, informed, and committed to one another’s humanity — even in disagreement.
  • A space for people who refuse to be reduced to tribes. Left, right, independent, libertarian, apolitical — if you believe dehumanization is destroying us, you belong in this conversation.
  • About shared obligations, not shared opinions. You don’t have to agree on policies to agree that lies, cruelty, corruption, and fear-based politics are corrosive.
  • A call to courage. Hope is not naïve optimism. It is the discipline of choosing responsibility over outrage and engagement over apathy.

What Hope, Not Fear IS NOT

  • Not a political party or campaign. We do not endorse candidates, run elections, or tell people how to vote.
  • Not “both-sides” denial of reality. Acknowledging complexity is not moral relativism. Accountability matters. Truth matters. Facts matter.
  • Not anti-belief, anti-faith, or anti-conviction. Strong beliefs are welcome. Dehumanizing others in their name is not.
  • Not neutrality in the face of injustice. Rejecting fear-based politics does not mean ignoring harm or abandoning moral clarity.
  • Not here to win arguments. Winning arguments has not healed the country. Rebuilding trust requires something harder.

Our Core Belief

We believe America does not fail because we disagree —
it fails when we stop seeing each other as fellow citizens. Hope, Not Fear exists to remind us that democracy is not something we inherit. It is something we practice — together.