StoryCorps urges conversations on election this Thanksgiving

The oral history project's "Great Thanksgiving Listen 2016" is urging Americans, particularly teens, to use the holiday weekend to record a conversation with a grandparent or another elder on their feelings about the election, their hopes and fears for the country and their thoughts on how to bring people together in a time of division.

The "Great Thanksgiving Listen" is partnering with organizations including the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association, as well as school districts and educators in all 50 states, many of whom will assign a conversation to students.

Stories have popped up around the country of people dreading a Thanksgiving spent with relatives with different political leanings than their own, and of the fraught political divide prompting some to skip the holiday altogether.

[...] because the conversation is generally between two people who love and respect each other, Isay said there's little risk of acrimony.