A multimedia network & Cultural Coalition

Redeeming the American Republic in an Age of Crisis

We have become a nation divided. Our republic is fractured along lines of culture, race, identity, and class. We no longer share a common narrative about who we are and what we aim to do together. Citizens do not see each other as partners in a shared enterprise but members of tribes at war. As a result, politics is increasingly incapable of serving the common good. To save the republic, and to face up to the great challenges of our times, we must reframe our politics around a story that is inclusive of all Americans across class, race, religion, and ideology. By drawing upon our people's vast reservoir of partial truths through mutually affirming discourses we can re-found this grand experiment in collective freedom. The Omni-American Society exists to spearhead this revolutionary reconciliation of our competing identities by forging a media network and cultural coalition capable of transforming the public sphere into a home for all citizens. Let us join together in building a union worthy of our profound pluralism of talents!

George Washington, portrait by Gilbert Stuart

George WashingtonThe first American president

Frederick Douglass, around 1879

Frederick DouglassAbolitionist

Edmund Burke, 1771

Edmund BurkeConservative thinker

Portrait of Nina Simone, 1965

Nina SimoneJazz artist, activist

Photos: George Washington: Gilbert Stuart, Clark Art Institute, public domain · Frederick Douglass, c. 1879: George K. Warren, public domain · Edmund Burke, 1771: studio of Sir Joshua Reynolds, public domain · Nina Simone, 1965: Nationaal Archief / Anefo, via Wikimedia Commons

OAS Civic Discourse Action Network

Connects America's institutions with its people. Problem-solving sessions bring community members, union leaders and researchers together around real problems, and cross-partisan sessions build ideas both sides can support.

OAS Media Network

A home for every American tradition. In-house shows and a publication, alongside independent creators, carry the OmniAmerican conversation to a wider public.