Tuesday, March 7, 2017 5pm to 6:30pm
About this Event
80 Forsyth Street, Atlanta, GA
##religionandpubliclife, #religion, #reconciliationReligion, Race, and Reconciliation:
Overcoming Social Polarization in the Current Political Climate
A Moderated Discussion with
Sylvester Johnson, Ph.D. (Northwestern University)
Rep. Scott Holcomb (General Assembly, Georgia)
The polarization of American society in both formal politics as well as in cultural life is reaching a new threshold of animosity and antagonism. With Georgia as an overwhelming conservative state and Atlanta as an overwhelming liberal city, our local communities are particularly affected by the contemporary state of affairs. However, Atlanta has also served as a national model of reconciliation and progress despite overwhelming odds. In the spirit of routing our current impasse, this panel hopes to unpack the historical precedents that have led to the current polarization in our body-politic and identify practical solutions that can lead to a mitigation of that tension.
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