We disagree out loud so we can grow up together.
A new shape for civic discourse.
We imagine schools where the toughest questions get the most generous answers. Where students learn that being challenged isn't being attacked. Where the loudest room is also the most curious one. CMC is building that room — one chapter, one chair, one opinion at a time.
One conversation changed me. I want it to change everyone.
I grew up watching people post fire emojis at each other instead of asking why. Every classroom debate ended the same way — half the room silent, half the room performing. I started CMC because I wanted somewhere to be wrong, and somewhere to be heard. Both at the same time.
— Brian Deleg, Founder
Disagreement got cancelled.
Civic dialogue in America is collapsing — and Gen Z is inheriting the rubble. Algorithms reward outrage. Schools avoid controversy. The result: a generation fluent in opinion but starving for conversation.
of college students report self-censoring on some topics during classroom discussions.
Knight Foundation / Ipsos, 2024
of Gen Z said they would end a friendship over a political disagreement.
Her Campus, 2024
of students say their institution should adopt programs to promote civil dialogue.
Inside Higher Ed / Generation Lab, 2024
Data from nationally representative student surveys.