You Believe What?! Turning Disagreements into Inclusive Discussions.
Featured Speaker: Irshad Manji, Founder and
Director of the Moral Courage Project
Date: Monday, February 8th, 2016
Time: 5:30pm - 7:00pm (refreshments will be
served)
Location: The Puck Building, The Rudin
Family Forum for Civic Dialogue, 2nd Floor, 295
Lafayette Street, New York, NY 10012-9604
RSVP: http://bit.ly/1Pg99iD
Description:
In this presidential election year, we’re seeing
more insults, extremism and polarization than
ever before. Among the challenges for today’s
students: to restore dignity not just to
politics, but also to each other. After all, on
your leadership journey, you will encounter
people whose values clash with yours. Now what?
How do you engage profound differences with your
integrity intact? The key is to build "moral
courage” in your personal and professional
lives.
On
February 8th, best-selling author, media
personality and educator, Prof. Irshad Manji,
will lead an edgy, interactive event that
introduces you to the key teaching of moral
courage: listening turns our fears of being
judged by “the other” into opportunities for our
own voices to be heard by “others.” Using her
powerful personal story to set the stage,
Professor Manji will compel you to examine your
personal values, where they come from and what
you are willing to stand for despite the
disapproval of family, friends, or society.
You will recognize what constructive conflict is
and how you can contribute to making
values-based conflicts a growth experience for
all involved (yourself included). Finally, you
will leave this event having practiced difficult
yet meaningful dialogues in which you stand your
ground and, at the same time, seek common
ground. In short: You will trump the tone of
2016’s politics.
About the Speaker
Irshad Manji is the founder of the Moral Courage
Project (
moralcourage.com).
This award-winning venture equips students,
business executives and innovators to steel our
spines for the challenge of leading inclusively.
She teaches her signature curriculum at Human
Condition Labs in New York City, where she
directs the entrepreneurial programme, "Applied
Courage."
After writing two seminal books about religious
reform, Prof. Manji launched Moral Courage at
New York University, has expanded it to the
University of Southern California and now works
with disrupters in every field to effect ethical
change. 60 Minutes journalist Lesley Stahl
describes Irshad Manji as the “master of moral
courage.” The World Economic Forum names her a
Young Global Leader. And Oprah has bestowed on
Prof. Manji the first annual Chutzpah Award for
“audacity, nerve, boldness and conviction.” You
will soon see why.
Register
here!
