These days, it can feel hard to have meaningful conversations about challenging topics with people we disagree with. Join this first-ever series of events at BC to focus on conversations, community-building, campus civic culture, and more!
More Information:
What: Voices United – A Week of Campus-Wide and Civic Conversation
When: May 22-26
Where: In-Person and Virtual
Learn More: https://www.bellevuecollege.edu/rise/voices-united/
Do you sometimes struggle to share your perspective with people who think differently from you? Perhaps you don’t feel heard? Perhaps you don’t feel safe speaking your mind?
Do you sometimes ignore or shut down someone whose perspective is different from yours? Do you question their values or beliefs?
Voices United provides Bellevue College students, faculty, staff, administrators, Trustees, and the broader community an opportunity to remember why and how we have conversations about difficult or complex topics, particularly with people we may disagree with.
During Voices United:
• Get inspired by incredible speakers and performers, with professional and lived experiences in politics and governance around civic bridgebuilding and voting, student-led movements for dialogue, the legal fight for climate justice, community-building for our homeless residents, and global research into misinformation.
• Learn a new tool to easily and effectively address misinformation before it spreads on social media or via group chats.
• Participate in conversations around tricky topics or about the culture we wish for our college.
• Join a student discussion exploring how we promote a safe and welcoming environment for the sharing of different ideas and perspectives.
• And more!
Learn more about the various events and how to attend them at the Voices United website (https://www.bellevuecollege.edu/rise/voices-united/). Check with your instructors whether Voices United is a part of your classes.
This event is sponsored by the Office of the President and organized by the RISE Learning Institute.
Questions? Contact Sapan Parekh (mailto:sapan.parekh@bellevuecollege.edu).
Last Updated May 22, 2023