Lowell Lecture
“America United”: Finding Common Ground
Date & Time
May 4, 2021 at 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Location
John F. Kennedy Library
Columbia Point Boston, MA 02125
Driving Directions
Speaker(s)
Peter Coleman, Archon Fung, Reverend Irene Monroe, Amanda Ripley, Deb Roy, and Mo Elleithee
Presenting Organization
Topics
Contact
Kennedy Library Forums (jfkforums@nara.gov, 617-514-1643)
Virtual Forum: Peter Coleman, Columbia professor of psychology and education and author of the forthcoming The Way Out: How To Overcome Toxic Polarization; Archon Fung, professor of citizenship and self-government at the Harvard Kennedy School; the Reverend Irene Monroe, theologian, syndicated columnist, and co-host of GBH’s All Rev’d Up podcast; Amanda Ripley, author of the forthcoming High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out; and Deb Roy, MIT professor of media arts and sciences and director of the MIT Center for Constructive Communication, explore productive discussions across conflicts and divides with Mo Elleithee, executive director of Georgetown University’s Institute of Politics and Public Service.