How is improv supporting or hindering our ability to engage effectively with the current issues of the world?  Do our efforts support connection in the absence of agreement?  In addition to the array of games and teambuilding exercises that we adapt and apply broadly, this session is specifically interested in how the art of improvisation can be meaningfully applied to situations and issues without easy answers: climate change, war and conflict, equality, polarization in politics, etc.  This session will invite participants to reflect on how they have seen divisiveness emerge within their respective contexts.  We’ll utilize interactive activities to build connection and stimulate discussion on how applied improvisation can bring about transformatively different outcomes in these case examples.  Ultimately, we hope this session can reflect a broader call for our community to continue leaning into the messier work of conflict, systemic change, and justice.