In Partnership with Journalist and Advocate
America is facing unprecedented division confronting a trifecta of issues: politics, protests, and the pandemic. Although there is great division within the country, people are more connected than ever before. Mobility and social media have become effective platforms to share ideas and connect people, particularly during the pandemic, but it has also been the birthplace of much of the division sewn in the country.
“During this unprecedented time of isolation, our phones have allowed us to stay connected, but because of the challenges the world is facing – race, health, sexuality, politics – some of our relationships have been bruised with opposing views,” said
“When Sinch approached me with the opportunity to tell stories of how real Americans are using technology to bridge the divide, I was intrigued,” noted award winning journalist and empowerment advocate
Unread Messages is powered by Sinch’s Chatlayer technology and while each story uploads, the user is able to be part of the conversation through Natural Language Processing (NLP) before unleashing the real-life conversations. The interactive experience allows for each participant to feel more intimately connected to the story. The result is a greater sense of understanding and empathy towards each person’s point of view.
To help more people use the power of conversation to reunite the country, Sinch has partnered with Living Room Conversations to build discussion guides which can help open the hardest and most uncomfortable conversations today, including: race, religion, sexuality, medicine and politics. These conversation guides provide people with the tools necessary to build trust, share personal experiences and find common ground so that we can cross the bridge toward unity.
“We’re proud to be part of the Unread Messages conversation,” said Living Room Conversations co-founder
To learn more, please go to unreadmessages.org to experience each story and to download the tools needed to have your own conversations and join the grassroots effort to reunite America.
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jeff.hasen@sinch.com
ABOUT UNREAD MESSAGES:
Unread Messages is a first of its kind four-part chat docu-series, journalist and advocate
ABOUT SINCH:
Sinch brings businesses and people closer with tools enabling personal engagement. Its leading cloud communications platform lets businesses reach every mobile phone on the planet, in seconds or less, through mobile messaging, voice and video. Sinch is a trusted software provider to mobile operators, and its platform powers business-critical communications for many of the world’s largest companies. Sinch has been profitable and fast-growing since its foundation in 2008. It is headquartered in
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ABOUT LIVING ROOM CONVERSATIONS:
Living Room Conversations are designed to assist in weaving the fabric of our democracy, one six-person conversation at a time. First developed in 2010 they are an open source, replicable, and scalable platform for people to come together to form relationships, build understanding and reveal common purpose. Faith communities, libraries, clubs and individuals use these conversations to strengthen community connections. As people of good will discover they care about each other, divides in our culture decrease and we will be better able to address the issues of our time. For more information: http://livingroomconversations.org/
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Unread Messages harnesses power of conversations
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