These days, it can be hard to have meaningful conversations about challenging topics with people we disagree with. This week is BC\u2019s first ever Voices United \u2013 A Week of Campus-Wide and Civic Conversation.
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What: Voices United – A Week of Campus-Wide and Civic Conversation<\/strong> Join us for these free events, open to all students, faculty, staff, and community. No registration needed. Most are both in-person and online.<\/p>\n Wednesday\u2019s events:<\/strong><\/p>\n Learning to Unlearn: Reading between the Lines and Countering Media Bias, with Salam Awad<\/strong> (Political Science) \u2013 Faculty Only<\/strong> Election Disinformation: What It Is, Why It\u2019s Dangerous, and What We Can Do to Fight It, with WA Secretary of State Steve Hobbs<\/strong> Fostering a More Inclusive Democracy, with WA Secretary of State Steve Hobbs<\/strong> Let\u2019s Get onto the Stage: Unpacking Prejudice through Narratives, with Dr. Li Liu (Communication Studies) \u2013 Faculty Only<\/strong> Student Conversations \u2013 Students Only<\/strong>
\nWhen: May 22-26<\/strong>
\nWhere: In-Person and Virtual<\/strong>
\nLearn more<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nWhen: Wednesday, May 24, 10:30-11:20 a.m.
\nWhere: D106 & Zoom<\/a>.
\nThis session will explore media and social media representations and help give participants tools to effectively counter media bias, stereotypical tropes, and Eurocentric narratives about the world around us, to better understand each other through authentic narratives and inclusive approaches.<\/p>\n
\nWhen: Wednesday, May 24, 11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
\nWhere: N201 & Zoom<\/a>.
\nWashington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs discusses how proactive messaging and outreach, increased voter education and engagement, and the power of the vote each play a key role in fighting election disinformation.<\/p>\n
\nWhen: Wednesday, May 24, 12:45pm-1:45pm
\nWhere: B201 (Board Room) & Zoom<\/a>.
\nJoin Washington State\u2019s Secretary of State, Steve Hobbs, for an engaging and thought-provoking discussion on voter engagement and civic participation. Talk to Secretary Hobbs about concerns and barriers to voting that many people face, and explore ways, through open and honest dialogue, that our community can help create positive change and foster a more inclusive democracy.<\/p>\n
\nWhen: Wednesday, May 24, 2:00-2:50 p.m.
\nWhere: D106 & Zoom<\/a>.
\nIn this session, participants will go through a learning activity that involves preparing for a skit, staging the skit, and finally, reflecting upon the skit. The preparation, staging and reflection process is structured using relational support dialogue (RSD) model, which highlights the link between invisible presence of power and visible communication behaviors. Key questions are asked and answered to guide such reflection and expression. Participants will have opportunity express their thoughts and feelings both individually and in small group settings. This session is suitable for students, faculty and staff members.<\/p>\n
\nWhen: Wednesday, May 24, 2:30-3:30 p.m.
\nWhere: C130A
\nJoin one (or more) of three student-focused conversations about how to make campus a safe, welcoming, and judgment-free environment for BC students to discuss campus, state, and even international issues that are important to them. These are nonpartisan, open-to-different-perspectives conversations about how we have conversations at Bellevue College and across our communities.<\/p>\n