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:6a8f18c8-5e4f-484c-b036-233cf42fa22b.216959@calendar.missouristate.edu CREATED:20210903T143052Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210903T143052Z LOCATION: SUMMARY:Public Affairs Conference - In Search of Bonds DESCRIPTION:Live Zoom webinar panel session (see conference website for Zo om link)\n\n\nHumans are instinctively drawn to others for support. When that support fades and social bonds shrink\, divisions can emerge. Those divisions may result in racial\, social\, political and economic clashes. At the heart of the lack of unity and civility in contemporary society i s the need to improve communication. With social divisiveness on the rise \, how do people find their way to civil discourse? What forms of communi cation are used to manipulate and exploit civility\, and how can they be changed? How may the use of language and dialect create bonds rather than divisions? What impact can the humanities and the arts have on communica tion and harmony among individuals\, families and a nation? X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<html><head><title></title></head><body><p><s pan>Live Zoom webinar panel session (see conference website for Zoom link )</span></p>\n<p><span>Humans are instinctively drawn to others for suppo rt. When that support fades and social bonds shrink\, divisions can emerg e. Those divisions may result in racial\, social\, political and economic clashes. At the heart of the lack of unity and civility in contemporary society is the need to improve communication. With social divisiveness on the rise\, how do people find their way to civil discourse? What forms o f communication are used to manipulate and exploit civility\, and how can they be changed? How may the use of language and dialect create bonds ra ther than divisions? What impact can the humanities and the arts have on communication and harmony among individuals\, families and a nation?</spa n></p></body></html> DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210929T090500 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210929T095500 SEQUENCE:1 URL:https://publicaffairs.missouristate.edu/conference/schedule CATEGORIES:Public,Alumni,Current Students,Faculty,Future Students,Staff END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR