Tolerance Means Dialogue: “What can we learn about bridging divides in America today?”
March 16, 2023
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Location
Student Center East Room 302
Address
750 S Halsted St, Rm 302, Chicago, IL 60607
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The Tolerance Means Dialogues engage people of different perspectives to find solutions to problems at the intersection of faith, sexuality, and families. You can read more about the project here: www.tolerancemeans.com.
The winning essayists take center stage at the Dialogue and present alongside the experts who act as catalysts for the Dialogue. The event is being hosted by the University of Illinois Chicago and will feature Dialogue Catalysts Shannon Minter, Director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, and Robin Fretwell Wilson, Mildred Van Voorhis Jones Chair in Law at the University of Illinois College of Law. Interim Chancellor Javier Reyes will give opening remarks and the Dialogue will be moderated by Alexandra Filindra, Associate Professor of Political Science and Psychology at the University of Illinois Chicago.
To Submit an Essay to Win a Tolerance Scholarship:
With this Dialogue, undergraduate and graduate students from UIC can compete for two $750 Tolerance Scholarships by submitting a 500-word essay on what tolerance means to them. The essay is due on Monday, March 13th, 2023, by noon.
UIC undergraduate and graduate students can submit an essay on the webpage here: www.tolerancemeans.com/submit.
This is an excellent opportunity for Millennials and Gen Z, who have grown up with unprecedented diversity, to add their voices and ideas for solutions to the public debate. Prior winners have gone on to Yale Law School and other great things. You can read about past winners in Forbes, here, in Deseret News, here, and in Christian Science Monitor, here.
We would be grateful if you could encourage interested students to attend the event and to apply for the scholarship. You may find a detailed flyer for the event below.
To Attend, Please RSVP:
Anyone can RSVP for the Dialogue here: www.tolerancemeans.com/rsvp
All students who attend the Dialogue can join in the discussion by tweeting questions and comments to @ToleranceMeans. One student that is present at the Dialogue and tweets a question or comment will be randomly selected to receive a Social Engagement Prize of $250 for adding to the Dialogue.
Many thanks for considering how you can be a part of this important Dialogue and moment at UIC.
Thank you!
Best,
Tolerance Means Team
Date posted
Mar 7, 2023
Date updated
Mar 7, 2023