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:a37a4b23-5977-4038-9d04-57ec814ee765.189781@calendar.missouristate.edu CREATED:20180622T155951Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180622T155951Z LOCATION:Plaster Student Union\, Robert W. Room 313 SUMMARY:Public Affairs Conference - Neighborhoods rule! Grassroots social activism is community at its best DESCRIPTION:Panel Session\n\n\nAs our nation faces political polarization\ , distrust of the media and critical social issues\, Americans can be ove rwhelmed by the enormous scale of these problems. Addressing issues on a smaller\, local level can make the change process more personal and more manageable. Neighborhoods can be the seed bed for social change. Former P resident Barack Obama\, in his farewell address\, offered words of encour agement\, "It was in neighborhoods not far from here where I began workin g with church groups in the shadows of closed steel mills. It was on thes e streets where I witnessed the power of faith and the quiet dignity of w orking people in the face of struggle and loss. This is where I learned t hat change only happens when ordinary people get involved\, get engaged a nd come together to demand it." Community is the answer to what ails soci ety. \n\n\nPublic Affairs Conference held Sept. 25-27\, 2018. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<html><head><title></title></head><body><p><s trong><a href="https://publicaffairs.missouristate.edu/conference/schedul e/574/neighborhoods-rule-grassroots-social-activism-is-community-at-its-b est">Panel Session</a></strong></p>\n<p>As our nation faces political pol arization\, distrust of the media and critical social issues\, Americans can be overwhelmed by the enormous scale of these problems. Addressing is sues on a smaller\, local level can make the change process more personal and more manageable. Neighborhoods can be the seed bed for social change . Former President Barack Obama\, in his farewell address\, offered words of encouragement\, "It was in neighborhoods not far from here where I be gan working with church groups in the shadows of closed steel mills. It w as on these streets where I witnessed the power of faith and the quiet di gnity of working people in the face of struggle and loss.&nbsp\;This is w here I learned that change only happens when ordinary people get involved \, get engaged and come together to demand it." Community is the answer t o what ails society.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><a href="https://publicaffairs.missou ristate.edu/conference">Public Affairs Conference</a>&nbsp\;held Sept. 25 -27\, 2018.</p></body></html> DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180927T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180927T144500 SEQUENCE:0 URL:https://publicaffairs.missouristate.edu/conference/ CATEGORIES:Public,Alumni,Current Students,Faculty,Future Students,Staff END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR