According to Former U.S. Army Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, the United States is experiencing a deep division parallel to that of 1850, when the country was just ten years away from a civil war. So what can Americans do differently in this moment of division? Colonel Wilkerson advises us all to use our voice and engage in what he describes as “patriotic dissent”.Lawrence Wilkerson is the Distinguished Visiting Professor of Government and Public Policy at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. His last position in the US Government was chief of staff to Colin Powell at the U.S. Department of State. Wilkerson served 31 years in the US Army.  His final military assignments were Special Assistant to then-chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff General Colin Powell and, later, Deputy Director and Director of the U.S. Marine Corps War College at Quantico, Virginia.   Credits:Paul Holdengraber - Co-Creator, Host, OLA DirectorAnthony Audi - Co-Creator, Researcher, OLA DirectorAlejandro Cohen - Co-Creator, Producer, ComposerChristian Pitt - Production Coordinator Erin Cooney - Copy, ProductionDublab Team