BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Missouri State University/Calendar of Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:a17833d6-16a8-416e-b6f7-7551547f445f.175909@calendar.missouristate.edu CREATED:20170125T230300Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170125T230300Z LOCATION:Plaster Student Union\, Robert W. 313 SUMMARY:Public Affairs Conference - Writing for life: Liberating power or invitation to censor? DESCRIPTION:How do accounts of individuals’ struggles liberate authors? Ho w are readers enriched by such accounts? Conversely\, what are the challe nges of going public on the page (or on the web and in social media)? Whe n writers reveal personal information about themselves or their subjects\ , sometimes the result is pushback from family\, friends and political le aders. However\, other readers\, seeing the same stories\, may come to ap preciate their beliefs in liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The ethic s of authorship and potential self-silencing or public censorship run thr ough this discussion by writers and readers of personal and empowering st ories. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
How do accounts of individuals&rsquo\; struggles liberate authors? Ho
w are readers enriched by such accounts? Conversely\, what are the challe
nges of going public on the page (or on the web and in social media)? Whe
n writers reveal personal information about themselves or their subjects\
, sometimes the result is pushback from family\, friends and political le
aders. However\, other readers\, seeing the same stories\, may come to ap
preciate their beliefs in liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The ethic
s of authorship and potential self-silencing or public censorship run thr
ough this discussion by writers and readers of personal and empowering st
ories. \;