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    Navigating Tensions, Affirming Community–What Does Community Mean in a Polarized Society?

    Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University 71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, NJ, United States

    Kazu Haga is the Co-Director of the Embodiment Project and one of the most experienced trainers in Kingian Nonviolence, a philosophy that comes out of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. A leading voice nationally in various approaches to nonviolence, organizing and restorative justice, he works to empower incarcerated communities, youth and activists to […]

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    Navigating Tensions, Affirming Community–Bringing Dignity to Divided Times

    Rutgers Health, Clinical Academic Building 125 Paterson Street, New Brunswick, United States

    Dr. Donna Hicks is an Associate at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University and the former Deputy Director of the Program on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution (PICAR). She facilitated dialogues in numerous unofficial diplomatic efforts in the Middle East, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Colombia, Cuba, Libya and Syria. She was a consultant to the BBC […]

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    Navigating Tensions, Affirming Community–Dangerous Speech and What We Can Do About It

    Rutgers-Camden 326 Penn Street, Camden, United States

    Susan Benesch is an Adjunct Associate Professor, School of International Service, American University. She founded and directs the Dangerous Speech Project (dangerousspeech.org), to study speech that can inspire violence - and to find ways to prevent this, without infringing on freedom of expression. She researches methods to diminish harmful speech online, or the harm itself. […]

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    Navigating Tensions, Affirming Community–Hate – Undone : Conversations that Ignite Change

    Rutgers-Newark 15 Washington Street, Newark, NJ, United States

    Dr. Daryl Davis is an international recording artist who has performed and toured all 50 States and around the world. He has performed extensively with Chuck Berry, The Legendary Blues Band (formerly The Muddy Waters Blues Band), Elvis Presley’s Jordanaires, and many others. As an actor Daryl received rave reviews for his stage role in The Time Of […]