Recorded April 23, 2014 at Grand Valley State University

“The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse”

Learn about the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse when it comes to meeting the people you disagree with. Brenna Cleary gave us time-honored techniques to help civic opponents build trust and find common ground. This workshop is brought to you through the generosity of the Dyer-Ives Foundation.

Common Ground Workshop: Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

1260AM The Pledge Interviews Gleaves Whitney about Ralph W. Hauenstein's Passing

An excerpt from a lunch with Dr. Louis Menand, author of The Marketplace of Ideas.

Lunch with Louis Menand

University campuses occupy an important space in American cultural life. At their best, our nation’s campuses provide common ground on which issues of world-historical importance—from war and empire, to race, class, and gender—can be debated. For that reason, we often take for granted the prevalence and security of academic freedom and open debate on college campuses. Recently, however, these essential virtues of university life have been put to the test.

Alan Charles Kors, acclaimed intellectual historian and Henry Charles Lea Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania, reminds us that the principles of free speech and open debate did not always exist; rather, they have significant roots in the Enlightenment.

Lunch with Alan Charles Kors

Aziz Abu Sarah  is the cofounder of MEJDI Tours, a tour company focused on teaching a plurality of perspectives which often operates in Israel and Palestine. The Hauenstein Center, along with The Frederik Meijer Honors College, was proud to sponsor this event hosted by The Kaufman Interfaith Institute. This is audio of a luncheon wherein Aziz discussed common ground, empathy, and ethical tourism in Israel and Palestine. 

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