Doing Democracy at Writing and Social Justice Conference
The Writing and Social Justice Conference panel discussion held at the Grand Theatre on Salt Lake City College’s South City Campus on April 9, 2012 featured Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon, Coordinator for the Utah Community and Civility Initiative Jane Holt, Artist Andrew Kosorok and Filmmaker Kendall Wilcox.
Professor John McCormick moderated the discussion as panelists addressed various issues of civility and democracy.
“Civility is the simple expression of the golden rule,” says Holt. “Civility is just the beginning. Respect is just the beginning.”
Wilcox says that people need to create civility through “applied empathy.” It is not just the ignoring of the person or the abstracting of them into a set of beliefs, but actually listening to gain a better understanding of who the person is as an individual.
“The limit of civility is ignorance,” says Corroon. We can solve incivility through education.
Kosorok points out that to get to civility, we need to do three things: think critically, know that humans have the inherent right to speak and recognize that we are all human.
“If we can’t have civil conversations, then we’re never going to get better, so what’s the point?” says Wilcox.
This article originally appeared at examiner.com. Check out videos and links below for more on his conference.
Professor John McCormick moderated the discussion as panelists addressed various issues of civility and democracy.
“Civility is the simple expression of the golden rule,” says Holt. “Civility is just the beginning. Respect is just the beginning.”
Wilcox says that people need to create civility through “applied empathy.” It is not just the ignoring of the person or the abstracting of them into a set of beliefs, but actually listening to gain a better understanding of who the person is as an individual.
“The limit of civility is ignorance,” says Corroon. We can solve incivility through education.
Kosorok points out that to get to civility, we need to do three things: think critically, know that humans have the inherent right to speak and recognize that we are all human.
“If we can’t have civil conversations, then we’re never going to get better, so what’s the point?” says Wilcox.
This article originally appeared at examiner.com. Check out videos and links below for more on his conference.
Read about Writing and Social Justice Conference pt. 1
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Read about the Writing and Social Justice Conference pt 2
Journalist talks Islam and Christianity
Related video on YouTube:
Kosorok: Freedom of Faith
Quintana: How we should see other countries