How Do We Disagree?

02/16/18

Contributed by Sean Eversley Bradwell

Come be a part of the movement that OPRAH is so excited about!
http://www.oprah.com/inspiration/josh-feigelson-ask-big-questions-iniative

On Monday, February 19 from 6-8 PM students are invited to Klingenstein Lounge for the third in a four-part Ask Big Questions Campus Conversations (ABQ) series.

Students will share a catered lasagna dinner and engage in a guided dialogue surrounding the question “How do we disagree?”. 

Ask Big Questions’ three part model is deceptively simple, yet radically transformative:
1) Ask: How do you feel about interpersonal conflict?
2) Share: Participants share their individual stories surrounding their experience of disagreement-- both painful experiences and productive ones.
3) Do: Individuals create action steps for themselves and the larger community, based in their experience during the conversation.

Utilizing this model, ABQ participants engage in healthy, listening-focused and empathetic conversations about questions of meaning and values stretching beyond religion, politics, ethnicity, regionalism, and nationalism.  ABQ creates a brave space for students to participate in deep reflection and active listening; resulting in an increased investment in the well-being of others across lines of difference.  In fact 94% of participants in ABQ conversations report feeling more connected to their community after just one conversation.

What happens when we really listen to each other?  We bridge community-eroding divides. We become healthier as individuals and communities.   We take responsibility for and civic action on behalf of an expanded our definition of OUR community.

Monday, February 19th
6pm - 7:30pm

Klingenstein Lounge
"How do we Disagree?"

For more information, contact Lauren Goldberg (lgoldberg2@ithaca.edu or 607-274-3323).

Individuals requiring accommodations, please contact Lauren Goldberg (lgoldberg2@ithaca.edu or 607-274-3323). We respectfully ask that requests for accommodations be made as soon as possible.
 

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