Events
9th Annual Civil Discourse Symposium - Sharing our Stories: Moving from Division to Hope
Date and Time
Wednesday, November 9, 2022 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
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Location
The keynote address will take place on the Pew Grand Rapids Campus at:
L.V. Eberhard Center
301 Fulton Street W.
Grand Rapids, MI 49504
This event will also be live-streamed via Zoom at https://gvsu-edu.zoom.us/j/95168480044.
Description
This year’s Padnos/Sarosik Civil Discourse Symposium is a three-day event that will culminate with an interactive keynote address from John Noltner, A Peace of My Mind's founder, photographer, and storyteller, on Wednesday, November 9 from 6:00-8:30 p.m. in the Eberhard Center on the Robert C. Pew Grand Rapids Campus. Noltner’s presentation will include sharing images and quotes from his conversations with members of the Grand Valley and Grand Rapids communities about their hopes for our country, as well as material from Lessons on the Road to Peace, a multi-media project featuring conversations with ordinary Americans he met during his 40,000-mile drive across the country. Other highlights of the symposium include a curated photography exhibit, a photography studio experience for students, faculty/staff, and community members, and a studio workshop with Seeds of Promise, a community organization partner of the Center for this special event.
For complete details on the photography exhibit and studio workshops, please visit the Fall 2022 Symposium page.
KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
John Noltner: Lessons on the Road to Peace
Frustrated with a polarized world, John Noltner drove 40,000 miles
across the country interviewing and photographing hundreds of people
from all walks of life. His keynote address is a multi-media
presentation through which he shares his personal story of following
his passion while at the same time revealing the wisdom of everyday
Americans and their stories of hope, transformation, and forgiveness.
With portraits and personal stories, ordinary people reveal
extraordinary insights into how we can work toward common good and
create a world that is more just for all. Noltner’s work is grounded
in the belief that art and storytelling have the power to transform
our hearts as well as our communities, and that we each have the power
to create positive change in the world.
The keynote address is open to the public and will be interactive, incorporating small group discussions as well as a question/answer session with Noltner.
6:00-6:30 p.m. - Refreshments
6:30-8:30 p.m. - Program
This event is approved for INT 100/201 credit!
This event also appears on the main events calendar tagged as alumni, brooks, civil, discourse, hauenstein, kaufman, sustainability, talking, together, and wgvu.
Information
For more information, please visit: https://www.gvsu.edu/civildiscourse/symposium
Contact
Padnos/Sarosik Center for Civil Discourse
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 616-331-8044