Cocktails and Ideas: "Why We Need Each Other"
Something new in SLC ✨ Interesting ideas, shared monthly by professors & experts in bars.
📚 Lecture Topic: Why We Need Each Other: Social Safety, Stigma, and The Biology of Belonging
🎤 Speaker: Dr. Lisa Diamond
Join us for a one-of-a-kind night out—cocktails, great conversation, and the chance to meet new people.
Drawing on her groundbreaking research in developmental and health psychology, Dr. Lisa Diamond explores how social experiences shape our biology in ways most of us never realize. Even in the absence of overt harm, many people move through the world in a quiet state of vigilance – what Diamond describes as carrying “danger antennas” through daily life.
In this intimate conversation, Diamond reframes stigma not just as a social experience, but as a biological one, and invites us to rethink what it truly means to feel safe. From friendships to chosen family, she examines how connection influences our nervous systems, our health, and our capacity to belong, and what becomes possible when we start building cultures rooted in care.
Bring a friend or come solo! Get a drink, meet new people, and learn something new 🍸
Something new in SLC ✨ Interesting ideas, shared monthly by professors & experts in bars.
📚 Lecture Topic: Why We Need Each Other: Social Safety, Stigma, and The Biology of Belonging
🎤 Speaker: Dr. Lisa Diamond
Join us for a one-of-a-kind night out—cocktails, great conversation, and the chance to meet new people.
Drawing on her groundbreaking research in developmental and health psychology, Dr. Lisa Diamond explores how social experiences shape our biology in ways most of us never realize. Even in the absence of overt harm, many people move through the world in a quiet state of vigilance – what Diamond describes as carrying “danger antennas” through daily life.
In this intimate conversation, Diamond reframes stigma not just as a social experience, but as a biological one, and invites us to rethink what it truly means to feel safe. From friendships to chosen family, she examines how connection influences our nervous systems, our health, and our capacity to belong, and what becomes possible when we start building cultures rooted in care.
Bring a friend or come solo! Get a drink, meet new people, and learn something new 🍸
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Highlights
- 2 hours 30 minutes
- ages 21+
- In person
Refund Policy
Location
Varley
63 West 100 South
Salt Lake City, UT 84101
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Agenda
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Doors Open & Check-In
Find a seat and order food and drinks.
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Cocktails & Conversations
Programming includes a TED-style talk, brief fireside conversation, and Q&A.
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Mingling & Event Concludes
Order a final drink and close out the evening on a high note.