Join Marquette Civic Dialogues for a panel discussion and dialogue dinner exploring the relationship between polarization and the loneliness epidemic we face today. Panelists will discuss the neurological, evolutionary and political origins that contribute to our individual and collective wellbeing. Audience members will be able to deliberate over these insights in a dialogue dinner immediately following.

When: April 11th, 5 - 7 PM

Where: Marquette Campus, O'Brien Hall, Room 150A & B

Panel Discussion: 5 - 6 PM

Where does polarization come from? (evolutionary biology, neuroscience, political institutions)
How does polarization affect our individual/collective health and wellbeing?
What can be done? What is being done?
What impact does action have on individual and collective health and wellbeing?

Panelists:

Professor Leah Flack (Department of English)
Associate Professor Paul Gasser (Department of Biomedical Sciences)
Professor Sue Giaimo (Departments of Political Science and Biomedical Sciences)
Associate Professor Nakia Gordon (Department of Psychology)
Professor Robert Wheeler (Department of Biomedical Sciences)
Ahmed Quereshi, Executive Director of the Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee

Dialogue Dinner: 6 - 7 PM
RSVP to catered dinner (vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free options included).

Confronting the Loneliness Epidemic In an Age of Polarization