MILWAUKEE — Marquette University’s Civic Dialogues program will host “Confronting the Loneliness Epidemic in an Age of Polarization,” a panel discussion and dialogue dinner exploring the relationship between polarization and the loneliness epidemic we face today. The event will run Thursday, April 11, from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in O’Brien Hall, 1530 W. Wisconsin Ave.
Ahmed Quereshi, executive director of the Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee, will join an interdisciplinary panel of Marquette faculty to discuss the neurological, evolutionary and political origins that contribute to our individual and collective well-being. Audience members will be able to deliberate over these insights in a dialogue dinner from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Media interested in covering the event should contact Kevin Conway, associate director of university communication, at kevin.m.conway@marquette.edu.
Panelists include:
- Dr. Leah Flack, professor of English
- Dr. Paul Gasser, associate professor of biomedical sciences
- Dr. Sue Giaimo, teaching associate professor of political science and biomedical sciences
- Dr. Nakia Gordon, associate professor of psychology
- Dr. Robert Wheeler, professor of biomedical sciences
The Civic Dialogues program was created to teach students how to practice civil conversation and honest dialogue in a society that is increasingly at odds. While events over the past few years have sparked uncomfortable or even heated discussions for many with friends, family and loved ones, this program is helping the Marquette community to foster skills for communicating effectively and respectfully with one another with lessons and strategies to help engage in deliberative and honest exchanges of ideas around important topics.
