Talk to Strangers

In these markedly partisan days, how can citizens learn to have the informed discussions that are central to a robust democracy? This is the central question to be addressed this weekend at a Chicago-based conference funded by the Open Society Institute and organized by The Public Square. This Friday, join In These Times editors, along with other journalists and scholars, for a public dialogue on this question--and the role of independent media in shaping public discourse. Panel Speakers Include: Leif Utne of the Utne Reader Salim Muwakkil of In These Times Sanhita Sinha Roy of The Progressive Media Project Phillip Martin, Senior Producer of "The Tavis Smiley Show" on NPR Sarah van Gelder of YES! Magazine Mark Weisbrot of the Center for Economic and Policy Research Keynote Address: Danielle Allen, author of Talking to Strangers: Anxieties of Citizenship since Brown v. Board of Education (2004) and Dean of the Humanities Division at the University of Chicago. ??Introductory remarks by Gara LaMarche, Vice President and Director of U.S. Programs for the Open Society Institute. A book-signing will follow the program. ?? Details: Friday, September 24 Panel Discussion: 4:00 p.m. Keynote Address: 6:30 p.m. Free and Open to the Public University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago Circle Center (CCC), Cardinal Room, Third Floor 750 South Halsted, Chicago ?? To make a reservation and for information, please contact The Public Square at 312-993-0682, or e-mail .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) //= 0; i=i-1){ if (l.substring(0, 1) == ' ') output += "&#"+unescape(l.substring(1))+";"; else output += unescape(l); } document.getElementById('eeEncEmail_dKLRQdn509').innerHTML = output; //]]> . Major funding provided by the Open Society Institute. ??This program is co-sponsored by The Jane Addams Hull House Museum (UIC) and the African-American Studies Department at UIC.