Gettysburg College is offering two upcoming opportunities to visit our campus for events focused on open dialogue and productive conversations across difference. These events are open to the public.
Raj Vinnakota
“Living in Our Community: Conversations for Change”
Aug, 26, 7pm, CUB Ballroom
As President of the Institute For Citizens And Scholars, Raj Vinnakota empowers college students to become effective citizens, bringing people a different perspectives together to improve society and strengthen democracy. He created a coalition of nearly 100 colleges focused on civil discourse, critical thinking, and respectful, free expression. Vinnakota kicks off Conversations for Change with an inspiring message on the first day of classes to share practical strategies students can use at Gettysburg to create more peaceful society amid contentious, elections, and world events.
Colin Woodard
“U.S. Democracy in Crisis: How We Got Here, Why We’re Vulnerable and What We Can Do About It”
Sept. 17, 7pm, Mara Auditorium
The Nationhood Lab at Salve Regina University’s Pell Center is testing a new national narrative that reflects who we are as a people and furthers liberal democratic and civic nationalist ideas. The lab just completed a national poll to gauge how Americans define the country around the civic ideals ancestry, heritage, history or character Colin Woodard will share the results and explain how they create a new narrative based on what most Americans hold valuable. Woodard is a New York Times bestselling author, award-winning journalist, and POLITICO contributing editor at His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Economist, Smithsonian and dozens of other major publications.
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