These days, it can be hard to have meaningful conversations about challenging topics with people we disagree with. This week, as a part of BC\u2019s first ever Voices United, attend a workshop to learn some new techniques for difficult dialogues.
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What: Voices United – A Week of Campus-Wide and Civic Conversation Join us for these free events, open to all students, faculty, staff, and community. No registration needed. All are both in-person and online.<\/p>\n Social Truth Query: Dialogue as a Tool to Address Misinformation Breaking Through the Polarization: Homelessness, Climate Justice…and Challenging Conversations for Change
\nWhen: May 22-26
\nWhere: In-Person and Virtual
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\nWhen: Monday, May 22, 1:30 p.m.-2:20 p.m.
\nWhere: B204 & Zoom<\/a>
\nThrough engaging with work done in South Africa to combat election misinformation, researchers Dr. Madeline Jalbert and Morgan Wack with the University of Washington\u2019s Center for an Informed Public (CIP) have designed and tested a new tool, Social Truth Query, that use questions and dialogue to address and reduce the impact of misinformation. During this workshop, they will present their work, explain how to use the tool, and provide opportunities to practice using it.<\/p>\n
\nWhen: Tuesday, May 23, 2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
\nWhere: B204 & Zoom<\/a>
\nNico Quijano and Miriam Oommen will talk about their efforts to build bridges around the issues of local homelessness and climate justice, respectively. Join the discussion of their challenges, successes, and lessons learned along the way for how conversation can help break through our polarized world and move us all towards solutions.<\/p>\n