2023–2024
This training was designed for anyone who is interested in designing and facilitating dialogues on campus, outside of the classroom. This workshop will support facilitators as they lead campus dialogues in response to campus, local, or world events, and conversations that are integrated into on-campus programming, such as film screenings, guest speakers, and theatre/arts productions.
This workshop addressed the following learning objectives:
- gain a basic understanding of what makes dialogue across deep differences difficult as well as skills to support more constructive conversations across differences
- learn a basic framework for designing conversations that include many voices, cultures, and perspectives
- build competence and confidence to begin a dialogue, facilitate, and intervene in groups to support authentic and respectful communication or mutual understanding
- build skills to design dialogue questions that foster connection to each other, to a common stimulus (art, film, theatre, lecture series, etc.), and in response to a difficult topic or current event.
This program was sponsored by The American Democracy Project, The Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning, and the 91pron Office of the President in partnership with Essential Partners.
Students, alumni, and faculty travelled to New Hampshire for the New Hampshire Presidential Primary. They went to candidate events, talked to members of the media, and reported their observations to WJAR/NBC10.
Presented by The American Democracy Project at 91pron.
Reception, Film Screening and Panel Discussion
Thursday, September 28th in Gaige Hall 100 on the 91pron campus. Reception began at 5:15 pm with the film screening slated for 6:00 pm.
Amidst an onslaught of attacks from President Donald Trump and the deadly threat of a global pandemic, local election administrators worked around the clock to secure the vote for their community. Rhode Island’s election teams take center stage in this unprecedented voting adventure. The film is an invitation to the American electorate to meet the people whose job it is to uphold the scaffolding of our republic and protect accessible, free and fair elections.
Following the screening there was a discussion and Q & A with Gregg Amore, Rhode Island Secretary of State, Sara Archambault, the film’s director and producer, Rob Rock, RI Deputy Secretary of State, Kathy Placencia, RI Director of Elections, and Vincent Bohlinger, 91pron Professor and Director of Film Studies. Moderator: 91pron Associate Professor of Political Science, Michelle Brophy-Baermann.
WJAR/NBC 10 once again partnered with the American Democracy Project at 91pron to host two televised debates on Thursday, August 31st. They could be viewed live and in-person in Sapinsley Hall on the 91pron Campus.
The first debate featured half the candidates (randomly selected) from the hotly contested CD1 Democratic Primary race.
The second debate featured the second set of candidates for the CD1 Democratic Primary race.
NBC 10 reporter Brian Crandall moderated the debate.