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SUMMARY:Public Affairs Conference - Beyond political polarization: Finding
  common ground for the common good
DESCRIPTION:Live Zoom webinar presentation (see conference website for Zoo
 m link)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nModerator: Missouri State University President Clif 
 Smart\n\n\nPresident Smart sits down with Dr. Bill Doherty\, co-founder o
 f Braver Angels\, to discuss how Americans can better come together to br
 idge the partisan divide and strengthen our democratic republic. Do our p
 olitics have to be demonizing? Does it have to bring out the worst in us?
  Do our politics have to destroy the goodwill of our society? Is social i
 solation and the dehumanizing of our fellow Americans something we should
  accept? \n\n\nThis virtual conversation will explore how Braver Angels i
 s working across the nation to build civic trust and help move from hatre
 d or disdain to respect and appreciation.   
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 ident Smart sits down with Dr. Bill Doherty\, co-founder of&amp;nbsp\;Braver 
 Angels\, to discuss how Americans can better come together to bridge the 
 partisan divide and strengthen our democratic republic. Do our politics h
 ave to be demonizing? Does it have to bring out the worst in us? Do our p
 olitics have to destroy the goodwill of our society? Is social isolation 
 and the dehumanizing of our fellow Americans something we should accept?&amp;
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 s working across the nation to build civic trust and help move from hatre
 d or disdain to respect and appreciation.&amp;nbsp\; &amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/div&gt;\n&lt;/a
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210930T123000
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URL:https://publicaffairs.missouristate.edu/conference/schedule
CATEGORIES:Public,Alumni,Current Students,Faculty,Future Students,Staff
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