Upcoming Events

More events will be posted shortly. Please check back regularly for information about new opportunities to engage. Additionally, if your school, college, center, program or organization has an event that supports civic engagement and respectful discourse, we’d love to highlight it here. Please submit your events to ritterg@syr.edu.


Life Together: A Community Conversation for Election Season and Beyond

Date: October 22, 2024
Time: Doors open at 5:45 p.m. for dinner. Program will begin at 6:30 p.m.
Location: Goldstein Auditorium, Schine Student Center

Do you care about the future of democracy, civic engagement, and civil dialogue? Do you believe our campus community would benefit from meaningful, constructive and respectful conversations on important issues facing society, including those that are relevant to the upcoming presidential election? If so, we invite you to participate in “Life Together: A Community Conversation for Election Season and Beyond” on October 22 in the Goldstein Auditorium of the Shine Student Center of Syracuse University. This dialogue-driven event is designed not to make participants agree, but to alter the way we disagree, so we can live better together as learners and leaders.

This event is the first in a new series called “Life Together: Seeking the Common Good in a Diverse Democracy.” This initiative is led by Vice President for Civic Engagement and Education Gretchen Ritter; Margaret Talev, Kramer Director of the Institute for Democracy, Journalism and Citizenship; and Tina Nabatchi, director of PARCC. It aims to enhance the civic skills of our campus community in areas such as listening, advocacy, critical reasoning and advancing the common good.

Accessibility

Communication Access Real-time Translation (CART) Captioning
American Sign Language (ASL) Interpretation

To participate in this event, please register here.

Questions about accommodations and information on dietary needs should be directed to Alex Snow, director of events, Hendricks Chapel, via email to adsnow@syr.edu.


Discussion and Idea-Sharing: Teaching After the Election

If you are wondering how to prepare for class meetings in the wake of the presidential election, you are not alone! The Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence (CTLE) is hosting brainstorming/idea-sharing/support sessions for any instructor unsure of how to best navigate this potentially tense and divisive classroom situation. Come strategize, share your wisdom of experience, or just get some support and encouragement. We’ll also provide some recommended short readings to take with you, and links to online teaching resources. Zoom and on-site sessions offered, facilitated by Jessamyn Neuhaus. The in-person session will include some light refreshments.

  • Tuesday, Nov. 1, 8:30-9:30 a.m., Zoom
  • Monday, Nov. 4, 3-4 p.m., 550 Bird Library (CTLE)
  • Monday, Nov. 4, 5-6 p.m. Zoom

Register now