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.
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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
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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)
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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.
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Jessica Clark is a writer, editor and researcher, with more than 15 years of experience spanning commercial, educational, independent and public media production. Currently she is the Research Director for American University’s Center for Social Media. She also writes a monthly column for PBS’ MediaShift on new directions in public media. She is the author, with Tracy Van Slyke, of Beyond the Echo Chamber: Reshaping Politics Through Networked Progressive Media (2010, New Press).
