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SUMMARY:Difficult Dialogues: Airing of Grievances
DESCRIPTION:Door time: 5:30 PM\nEvent time: 6:00 PM \nSupported by the Betsy Hitchcock Foundation\nAiring of grievances: What are you mad as hell about and not going to stand for anymore?\nCome and share your top concerns about our national and/or community challenges. We’ll identify two or three topics from our conversation and focus on ways we can work on resolving these social and/or political concerns through individual or community action. \nModerators:\nJennifer Ho\nThe daughter of a refugee father from China and an immigrant mother from Jamaica\, whose parents themselves were immigrants from Hong Kong\, Jennifer Ho is the director of the Center for Humanities & the Arts at the University of Colorado Boulder\, where she specializes in Asian American literary and cultural studies and Critical Race Theory. She is past president of the Association for Asian American Studies (2020-2022)\, the editor of four essay collections\, most recently Global Anti-Asian Racism (Columbia UP 2024)\, the author of three scholarly monographs\, including Racial Ambiguity in Asian American Culture (Rutgers UP 2015)\, which won the best monograph award from the South Atlantic Modern Language Association in 2017\, and a number of essays and articles\, both research-oriented and public-facing (a sampling of which is also on this webpage). In addition to her academic work\, Ho is active in community engagement around issues of race and intersectionality. \nBurke Hilsabeck\, Director of Faculty Relations and Community in the Office of Faculty Affairs at CU Boulder\nBurke Hilsabeck is Director of Faculty Relations and Community in the Office of Faculty Affairs. Burke helps faculty members and academic administrators to develop and maintain positive and productive working relationships across campus.  His responsibilities include advising faculty and academic leaders on allegations of unprofessional behavior and making recommendations for administrative action as well as administering faculty development programming and providing coaching and training to academic administrators.  Burke is motivated by a desire to improve the lives of faculty by providing support around relationships\, opportunities for professional development\, and connection with the CU Boulder community. \nBurke is a former tenured faculty member at the University of Northern Colorado\, where he directed the Film Studies program and served as Chair of the Department of English. He holds a B.A. in English from Kenyon College and an M.A. and Ph.D. in English Language and Literature from the University of Chicago. He is the author of The Slapstick Camera: Hollywood and the Comedy of Self-Reference (SUNY\, 2020). \n  \nThe Center for Humanities & the Arts (CHA) mission is to promote arts and humanities by being a dynamic hub on the CU Boulder campus and by creating connections within the Boulder community. \nOur purpose is to hold dialogues on topics considered difficult\, provocative\, or controversial\, among constituents that may have strong conflicting views.  \nOur objective is NOT to necessarily agree\, fix anything\, prove anyone right or wrong\, or alter anyone’s position.  \nWe are committed to fostering productive dialogues in the hopes that minds and hearts might expand. We ask that you  \n\nKeep an open mind \nBe respectful of others \nListen with the intent to understand \nSpeak your own truth\n\nWe expect to experience discomfort when talking about hard things. Remain engaged and recognize that the discomfort can lead to problem-solving and authentic understanding.  \n\n  \nThis is a free event. Click “Get Tickets” to RSVP. \nLocated in the Rocky Mountain Climbers Club\, on the lower level of the Community House.
URL:https://www.chautauqua.com/event/difficult-dialogues-grievances/
LOCATION:Community house – Rocky Mountain Climbers Club\, Baseline Rd & 9th St\, Boulder\, CO\, United States
CATEGORIES:Home Feature,Voices at Chautauqua
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DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260311T180000
DTSTAMP:20260619T033320
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SUMMARY:Difficult Dialogues: Homelessness in Boulder - SOLD OUT!
DESCRIPTION:Door time: 5:30 PM\nEvent time: 6:00 PM \nSupported by the Betsy Hitchcock Foundation\nHomelessness in Boulder: How do we balance our humanity with community safety?\nFrom camping bans that the ACLU has called ‘cruel and unusual’ punishment\, to the budgetary challenges the city faces in trying to implement a ‘housing first’ approach\, Boulder has been grappling with this issue for decades. Join us for a conversation about the challenges around homelessness in Boulder and how we can work toward a humane resolution. \nModerator:\nJennifer Ho\nThe daughter of a refugee father from China and an immigrant mother from Jamaica\, whose parents themselves were immigrants from Hong Kong\, Jennifer Ho is the director of the Center for Humanities & the Arts at the University of Colorado Boulder\, where she specializes in Asian American literary and cultural studies and Critical Race Theory. She is past president of the Association for Asian American Studies (2020-2022)\, the editor of four essay collections\, most recently Global Anti-Asian Racism (Columbia UP 2024)\, the author of three scholarly monographs\, including Racial Ambiguity in Asian American Culture (Rutgers UP 2015)\, which won the best monograph award from the South Atlantic Modern Language Association in 2017\, and a number of essays and articles\, both research-oriented and public-facing (a sampling of which is also on this webpage). In addition to her academic work\, Ho is active in community engagement around issues of race and intersectionality. \n  \nThe Center for Humanities & the Arts (CHA) mission is to promote arts and humanities by being a dynamic hub on the CU Boulder campus and by creating connections within the Boulder community. \nOur purpose is to hold dialogues on topics considered difficult\, provocative\, or controversial\, among constituents that may have strong conflicting views.  \nOur objective is NOT to necessarily agree\, fix anything\, prove anyone right or wrong\, or alter anyone’s position.  \nWe are committed to fostering productive dialogues in the hopes that minds and hearts might expand. We ask that you  \n\nKeep an open mind \nBe respectful of others \nListen with the intent to understand \nSpeak your own truth\n\nWe expect to experience discomfort when talking about hard things. Remain engaged and recognize that the discomfort can lead to problem-solving and authentic understanding.  \n\n  \nThis is a free event. Click “Get Tickets” to RSVP. \nLocated in the Rocky Mountain Climbers Club\, on the lower level of the Community House.
URL:https://www.chautauqua.com/event/difficult-dialogues-homelessness/
LOCATION:Community house – Rocky Mountain Climbers Club\, Baseline Rd & 9th St\, Boulder\, CO\, United States
CATEGORIES:Home Feature,Voices at Chautauqua
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DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260211T180000
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SUMMARY:Difficult Dialogues: Our First Amendment Rights - SOLD OUT!
DESCRIPTION:Door time: 5:30 PM\nEvent time: 6:00 PM \nSupported by the Betsy Hitchcock Foundation\nOur First Amendment Rights: A conversation about what makes Free Speech Hate Speech\nThe avenues for expressing ourselves have exploded in the last decade\, from the proliferation of social media\, the expansive use of mobile communication devices\, email\, blogs\, TikTok\, and so much more. In this environment\, we are frequently exposed to challenging speech. And when we engage in social and political dialogue\, or even merely express opinions\, we may encounter repercussions we never anticipated. Join us for an evening in which we try to understand both our rights and responsibilities when it comes to Free Speech. \nModerator:\nJennifer Ho\nThe daughter of a refugee father from China and an immigrant mother from Jamaica\, whose parents themselves were immigrants from Hong Kong\, Jennifer Ho is the director of the Center for Humanities & the Arts at the University of Colorado Boulder\, where she specializes in Asian American literary and cultural studies and Critical Race Theory. She is past president of the Association for Asian American Studies (2020-2022)\, the editor of four essay collections\, most recently Global Anti-Asian Racism (Columbia UP 2024)\, the author of three scholarly monographs\, including Racial Ambiguity in Asian American Culture (Rutgers UP 2015)\, which won the best monograph award from the South Atlantic Modern Language Association in 2017\, and a number of essays and articles\, both research-oriented and public-facing (a sampling of which is also on this webpage). In addition to her academic work\, Ho is active in community engagement around issues of race and intersectionality. \n  \nThe Center for Humanities & the Arts (CHA) mission is to promote arts and humanities by being a dynamic hub on the CU Boulder campus and by creating connections within the Boulder community. \nOur purpose is to hold dialogues on topics considered difficult\, provocative\, or controversial\, among constituents that may have strong conflicting views.  \nOur objective is NOT to necessarily agree\, fix anything\, prove anyone right or wrong\, or alter anyone’s position.  \nWe are committed to fostering productive dialogues in the hopes that minds and hearts might expand. We ask that you  \n\nKeep an open mind \nBe respectful of others \nListen with the intent to understand \nSpeak your own truth\n\nWe expect to experience discomfort when talking about hard things. Remain engaged and recognize that the discomfort can lead to problem-solving and authentic understanding.  \n\n  \nThis is a free event. Click “Get Tickets” to RSVP. \nLocated in the Rocky Mountain Climbers Club\, on the lower level of the Community House.
URL:https://www.chautauqua.com/event/difficult-dialogues-first-amendment/
LOCATION:Community house – Rocky Mountain Climbers Club\, Baseline Rd & 9th St\, Boulder\, CO\, United States
CATEGORIES:Home Feature,Voices at Chautauqua
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DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20251210T180000
DTSTAMP:20260619T033320
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SUMMARY:Difficult Dialogues: Normalization
DESCRIPTION:Door time: 5:30 PM\nEvent time: 6:00 PM \nSupported by the Betsy Hitchcock Foundation\nNormalization: Is Denial a River in Egypt?\nNormalization is the process of accepting (sometimes quickly) new ways of doing things or experiences as the ‘new normal.’  What are the dangers of this all too human approach to experience? How can we avoid this pitfall when it matters most? Join us as we discuss how the implications that Normalization has on ourselves and our society. \nModerator:\nJennifer Ho\nThe daughter of a refugee father from China and an immigrant mother from Jamaica\, whose parents themselves were immigrants from Hong Kong\, Jennifer Ho is the director of the Center for Humanities & the Arts at the University of Colorado Boulder\, where she specializes in Asian American literary and cultural studies and Critical Race Theory. She is past president of the Association for Asian American Studies (2020-2022)\, the editor of four essay collections\, most recently Global Anti-Asian Racism (Columbia UP 2024)\, the author of three scholarly monographs\, including Racial Ambiguity in Asian American Culture (Rutgers UP 2015)\, which won the best monograph award from the South Atlantic Modern Language Association in 2017\, and a number of essays and articles\, both research-oriented and public-facing (a sampling of which is also on this webpage). In addition to her academic work\, Ho is active in community engagement around issues of race and intersectionality. \n  \nThe Center for Humanities & the Arts (CHA) mission is to promote arts and humanities by being a dynamic hub on the CU Boulder campus and by creating connections within the Boulder community. \nOur purpose is to hold dialogues on topics considered difficult\, provocative\, or controversial\, among constituents that may have strong conflicting views.  \nOur objective is NOT to necessarily agree\, fix anything\, prove anyone right or wrong\, or alter anyone’s position.  \nWe are committed to fostering productive dialogues in the hopes that minds and hearts might expand. We ask that you  \n\nKeep an open mind \nBe respectful of others \nListen with the intent to understand \nSpeak your own truth\n\nWe expect to experience discomfort when talking about hard things. Remain engaged and recognize that the discomfort can lead to problem-solving and authentic understanding.  \n\n  \nThis is a free event. Click “Get Tickets” to RSVP. \nLocated in the Rocky Mountain Climbers Club\, on the lower level of the Community House.
URL:https://www.chautauqua.com/event/difficult-dialogues-normalization/
LOCATION:Community house – Rocky Mountain Climbers Club\, Baseline Rd & 9th St\, Boulder\, CO\, United States
CATEGORIES:Voices at Chautauqua
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20251113T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20251113T180000
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SUMMARY:Difficult Dialogues: Israel. Palestine. Boulder.
DESCRIPTION:Door time: 5:30 PM\nEvent time: 6:00 PM \nSupported by the Betsy Hitchcock Foundation\nIsrael. Palestine. Boulder. A Very Difficult Dialogue.\nNow that the hostages taken by Hamas have been released and Palestinian prisoners have returned to Gaza\, what does the future look like for Palestine and Israel? How do tensions in this region resonate globally—particularly in the U.S.? Can we envision a future where both nations coexist in peace\, given the recent hostilities and violence? \nModerator:\nJennifer Ho\nThe daughter of a refugee father from China and an immigrant mother from Jamaica\, whose parents themselves were immigrants from Hong Kong\, Jennifer Ho is the director of the Center for Humanities & the Arts at the University of Colorado Boulder\, where she specializes in Asian American literary and cultural studies and Critical Race Theory. She is past president of the Association for Asian American Studies (2020-2022)\, the editor of four essay collections\, most recently Global Anti-Asian Racism (Columbia UP 2024)\, the author of three scholarly monographs\, including Racial Ambiguity in Asian American Culture (Rutgers UP 2015)\, which won the best monograph award from the South Atlantic Modern Language Association in 2017\, and a number of essays and articles\, both research-oriented and public-facing (a sampling of which is also on this webpage). In addition to her academic work\, Ho is active in community engagement around issues of race and intersectionality. \n  \nThe Center for Humanities & the Arts (CHA) mission is to promote arts and humanities by being a dynamic hub on the CU Boulder campus and by creating connections within the Boulder community. \nOur purpose is to hold dialogues on topics considered difficult\, provocative\, or controversial\, among constituents that may have strong conflicting views.  \nOur objective is NOT to necessarily agree\, fix anything\, prove anyone right or wrong\, or alter anyone’s position.  \nWe are committed to fostering productive dialogues in the hopes that minds and hearts might expand. We ask that you  \n\nKeep an open mind \nBe respectful of others \nListen with the intent to understand \nSpeak your own truth\n\nWe expect to experience discomfort when talking about hard things. Remain engaged and recognize that the discomfort can lead to problem-solving and authentic understanding.  \n\n  \nThis is a free event. Click “Get Tickets” to RSVP. \nLocated in the Rocky Mountain Climbers Club\, on the lower level of the Community House.
URL:https://www.chautauqua.com/event/difficult-dialogues-israel/
LOCATION:Community house – Rocky Mountain Climbers Club\, Baseline Rd & 9th St\, Boulder\, CO\, United States
CATEGORIES:Voices at Chautauqua
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20251009T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20251009T180000
DTSTAMP:20260619T033320
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SUMMARY:Difficult Dialogues: Immigration
DESCRIPTION:Door time: 5:30 PM\nEvent time: 6:00 PM \nSupported by the Betsy Hitchcock Foundation\nImmigration: Is This Who We Are?\nYou hear it time and again. The United States is a country of immigrants\, but as ICE’s aggressive tactics increase daily\,  this adage has now been politicized. Is this who we are as a country and what we want to be? Join us as we discuss the implications the current immigration policy and enforcement has on our American identity. \nModerators:\nProfessor Michael Uy (College of Music\, Director of the American Music Research Center)\nKathleen Glynn\, Staff Attorney with the Immigration Defense Clinic at Colorado Law\nKathleen M. Glynn is a 2005 graduate of the University of California\, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall). At Boalt\, Katie was a part of the International Human Rights Clinic and interned with the Catholic Legal Immigration Network\, Inc. (CLINIC). Her research and writing with CLINIC on the regulations governing immigration detention was published in Bender’s Immigration Bulletin. Katie was also a student researcher and author on a report published by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom addressing the detention of asylum-seekers. In 1995\, Katie graduated cum laude from the University of Notre Dame with a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Theology. \nKatie’s practice includes immigration law and the representation of immigrant children and their caregivers in Colorado state guardianship\, parental responsibilities (custody)\, and adoption proceedings. Her areas of expertise include: Special Immigrant Juvenile Status\, removal (deportation) defense of unaccompanied children\, children’s asylum claims\, citizenship claims\, and the intersection of immigration law and adoption. Katie lectures frequently on representing immigrant children before the immigration tribunals and on obtaining Special Immigrant Juvenile Status orders from the Colorado state courts. Katie also serves as litigation support in the area of Special Immigrant Juvenile Status for the Colorado Office of the Child’s Representative (OCR). \n  \nThe Center for Humanities & the Arts (CHA) mission is to promote arts and humanities by being a dynamic hub on the CU Boulder campus and by creating connections within the Boulder community. \nOur purpose is to hold dialogues on topics considered difficult\, provocative\, or controversial\, among constituents that may have strong conflicting views.  \nOur objective is NOT to necessarily agree\, fix anything\, prove anyone right or wrong\, or alter anyone’s position.  \nWe are committed to fostering productive dialogues in the hopes that minds and hearts might expand. We ask that you  \n\nKeep an open mind \nBe respectful of others \nListen with the intent to understand \nSpeak your own truth\n\nWe expect to experience discomfort when talking about hard things. Remain engaged and recognize that the discomfort can lead to problem-solving and authentic understanding.  \n\n  \nThis is a free event. Click “Get Tickets” to RSVP. \nLocated in the Rocky Mountain Climbers Club\, on the lower level of the Community House.
URL:https://www.chautauqua.com/event/difficult-dialogues-immigration/
LOCATION:Community house – Rocky Mountain Climbers Club\, Baseline Rd & 9th St\, Boulder\, CO\, United States
CATEGORIES:Voices at Chautauqua
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20250326T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20250326T180000
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SUMMARY:Difficult Dialogues: Medical Aid In Dying
DESCRIPTION:Door time: 5:30 PM\nEvent time: 6:00 PM \nMedical Aid In Dying: Dying with Dignity or Against the Law?\nSupported by the Betsy Hitchcock Foundation\nDiscussions about death are hard\, and talking about medical aid in dying can be even harder. We will delve into the complexities of intentionally choosing the time of your death and the complicated feelings for all involved\, especially for those who oppose it on religious\, moral\, or ethical grounds or who believe it should be against the law. \nKim Mooney\nAs a Thanatologist\, Kim Mooney has been a professional advocate for ethical and quality end-of-life choices and grief support since 1991.  She has educated and consulted for individuals\, families\, hospices\, schools\, faith communities\, corporations\, health care organizations\, and national end-of-life initiatives.  Her work has included developing organizational teams and programs on grief\, crisis response\, caregiving and end-of-life planning.  She serves on both hospital and hospice ethics committees and received the inaugural Community Educator award from the international Association for Death Education and Counseling.  She is also a founding member of End of Life Options Colorado\, the volunteer organization that provides education and support for those interested in medical aid in dying.  Her company\, Practically Dying\, is an educational and support resource whose mission is to help us remember how to engage birth\, life and death as opportunities to live without hesitation and die without regret.    \n  \nThe Center for Humanities & the Arts (CHA) mission is to promote arts and humanities by being a dynamic hub on the CU Boulder campus and by creating connections within the Boulder community. \nOur purpose is to hold dialogues on topics considered difficult\, provocative\, or controversial\, among constituents that may have strong conflicting views.  \nOur objective is NOT to necessarily agree\, fix anything\, prove anyone right or wrong\, or alter anyone’s position.  \nWe are committed to fostering productive dialogues in the hopes that minds and hearts might expand. We ask that you  \n\nKeep an open mind \nBe respectful of others \nListen with the intent to understand \nSpeak your own truth\n\nWe expect to experience discomfort when talking about hard things. Remain engaged and recognize that the discomfort can lead to problem-solving and authentic understanding.  \n\n  \nThis is a free event. Click “Get Tickets” to RSVP. \nLocated in the Rocky Mountain Climbers Club\, on the lower level of the Community House.
URL:https://www.chautauqua.com/event/difficult-dialogues-medical/
LOCATION:Community house – Rocky Mountain Climbers Club\, Baseline Rd & 9th St\, Boulder\, CO\, United States
CATEGORIES:Voices at Chautauqua
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DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20250227T180000
DTSTAMP:20260619T033320
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SUMMARY:Difficult Dialogues: Microaggressions
DESCRIPTION:Door time: 5:30 PM\nEvent time: 6:00 PM \nWhat Are They and How Can We Understand How They Hurt Others?\nSupported by the Betsy Hitchcock Foundation\nHave you ever been told that something you or someone you know said was a microaggression? Have you had a friend or colleague make a comment about your identity that hit you the wrong way or hurt your feelings? If it’s micro doesn’t that mean the aggression isn’t that bad? Join us to talk about what microaggressions are\, how they can hurt people’s feelings\, and what we can all do to not hurt people’s feelings or how we can respond when people we care about hurt our feelings. \nModerators:\nJennifer Ho\, CHA Director\, Ethnic Studies Professor\, CU Boulder\nThe daughter of a refugee father from China and an immigrant mother from Jamaica\, whose own parents were immigrants from Hong Kong\, Jennifer Ho (she/her) is the director of the Center for the Humanities & the Arts at the University of Colorado Boulder\, where she also holds an appointment as Professor in the Ethnic Studies department. \nShe is the past president of the Association for Asian American Studies (2020-2022) and sits on the board of directors for the Consortium for Humanities Centers and Institutes (CHCI)\, the National Committee on US-China Relations\, and Kundiman (an Asian American literature non-profit). Ho has co-edited two collection of essays\, Narrative\, Race\, and Ethnicity in the United States (Ohio State University Press 2017) and Teaching Approaches to Asian North American Literature (Modern Language Association 2022)\, and she is the author of three scholarly monographs\, Consumption and Identity in Asian American Coming-of-Age Novels (Routledge 2005)\, Racial Ambiguity in Asian American Culture (Rutgers University Press 2015)\, which won the South Atlantic Modern Language Association award for best monograph\, and Understanding Gish Jen (University of South Carolina Press 2015). \nShe has published in journals such as Modern Fiction Studies\, Journal for Asian American Studies\, Amerasia Journal\, The Global South\, Southern Cultures\, Japan Forum\, and Oxford American. Her next two academic projects are a breast cancer memoir and a monograph that will consider Asian Americans in the global south through the narrative of her maternal family’s immigration from Hong Kong to Jamaica to North America. In addition to her academic work\, Ho is active in community engagement around issues of race and intersectionality\, leading workshops on anti-racism and how to talk about race in our current political climate. \nSteven Frost\, Assistant Professor\, Department of Media Studies; Associate Director of the Unstable Lab Design at ATLAS Institute\, CU Boulder\nSteven Frost (they/them) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Media Studies at CU Boulder\, Associate Director of the Unstable Design Lab\, and an interdisciplinary fiber artist. Their research focuses on textiles\, queer studies\, and community development. Using weaving\, Frost combines traditional materials like yarn and cotton with non-traditional materials from a range of sources\, exploring the ways history and time are uniquely embedded in textiles. Frost is a Co-Founder of the Experimental Weaving Residency\, Slay the Runway\, and the Colorado Sewing Rebellion and the Associate Director of the Unstable Design Lab at CU Boulder’s Roser Atlas Institute. Frost has exhibited and performed across the US and Internationally. Frost’s work has been featured on NPR’s Morning Edition and can currently be seen at the Denver Art Museum. \n  \nThe Center for Humanities & the Arts (CHA) mission is to promote arts and humanities by being a dynamic hub on the CU Boulder campus and by creating connections within the Boulder community. \nOur purpose is to hold dialogues on topics considered difficult\, provocative\, or controversial\, among constituents that may have strong conflicting views.  \nOur objective is NOT to necessarily agree\, fix anything\, prove anyone right or wrong\, or alter anyone’s position.  \nWe are committed to fostering productive dialogues in the hopes that minds and hearts might expand. We ask that you  \n\nKeep an open mind \nBe respectful of others \nListen with the intent to understand \nSpeak your own truth\n\nWe expect to experience discomfort when talking about hard things. Remain engaged and recognize that the discomfort can lead to problem-solving and authentic understanding.  \n\n  \nThis is a free event. Click “Get Tickets” to RSVP. \nLocated in the Rocky Mountain Climbers Club\, on the lower level of the Community House.
URL:https://www.chautauqua.com/event/difficult-dialogues-microaggressions/
LOCATION:Community house – Rocky Mountain Climbers Club\, Baseline Rd & 9th St\, Boulder\, CO\, United States
CATEGORIES:Voices at Chautauqua
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SUMMARY:Difficult Dialogues: What Emotional Impact Does Politics Have On Our Lives?
DESCRIPTION:Door time: 5:30 PM \nEvent time: 6:00 PM \nSupported by the Betsy Hitchcock Foundation\n The US 2024 election was tumultuous and contentious\, and regardless of what side of the political aisle you find yourself allied with\, political polarization has been increasing with the rise of social media and other communication technologies over the last few decades\, especially during the era of the Internet. This political polarization comes with an emotional cost\, and this Difficult Dialogue Conversation (co-facilitated by Jennifer Ho\, Ethnic Studies professor and Center for Humanities & the Arts director\, and Angie Chuang\, Journalism professor and author of an upcoming book\, American Otherness\, that engages with political polarization) will guide participants in conversation about the emotional reactions we have to the political issues that are taking up our head and heart space\, particularly after the presidential inauguration on January 20. \nModerators:\nAngie Chuang:\nAngie Chuang is an associate professor of journalism whose research and teaching focus on race\, identity and representations of Otherness. She came to academia after 13 years as a national and regional award-winning newspaper reporter at The Oregonian\, The Hartford Courant and the Los Angeles Times. At The Oregonian\, she launched one of the first regional newspaper beats on race and ethnicity issues\, and traveled to Afghanistan\, Vietnam and the post-Katrina Gulf Coast to cover stories. Her book\, American Otherness in Journalism: News Media Constructions of Identity and Belonging\, is forthcoming with Routledge in late 2025. Her scholarly work on race and media has been published in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly; Journalism: Theory\, Practice and Criticism; and Communication\, Culture and Critique. Her reporting in Afghanistan became the backbone of her literary journalism-memoir book\, The Four Words for Home (Aquarius Press-Willow Books\, 2014)\, which won an Independent Publishers Book Award Bronze Medal\, and was shortlisted for the Saroyan Prize and the International Rubery Award. Her media commentary has appeared in The Washington Post\, The Conversation\, Huffington Post\, The Root\, Poynter Online\, The Seattle Times and The Oregonian. \nIn her first academic appointment at American University’s School of Communication in Washington\, D.C.\, Chuang was awarded the Ann S. Ferren Curriculum Design Award for creating the pilot of a mandatory first-year course on race and social identity. She has also served as a consultant on diversity\, equity and inclusion issues to National Public Radio\, Atlantic Media\, Bloomberg Industry Group\, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. \nJennifer Ho:\nThe daughter of a refugee father from China and an immigrant mother from Jamaica\, whose parents themselves were immigrants from Hong Kong\, Jennifer Ho is the director of the Center for Humanities & the Arts at the University of Colorado Boulder\, where she specializes in Asian American literary and cultural studies and Critical Race Theory. She is past president of the Association for Asian American Studies (2020-2022)\, the editor of four essay collections\, most recently Global Anti-Asian Racism (Columbia UP 2024)\, the author of three scholarly monographs\, including Racial Ambiguity in Asian American Culture (Rutgers UP 2015)\, which won the best monograph award from the South Atlantic Modern Language Association in 2017\, and a number of essays and articles\, both research-oriented and public-facing (a sampling of which is also on this webpage). In addition to her academic work\, Ho is active in community engagement around issues of race and intersectionality. \n  \nThe Center for Humanities & the Arts (CHA) mission is to promote arts and humanities by being a dynamic hub on the CU Boulder campus and by creating connections within the Boulder community. \nOur purpose is to hold dialogues on topics considered difficult\, provocative\, or controversial\, among constituents that may have strong conflicting views.  \nOur objective is NOT to necessarily agree\, fix anything\, prove anyone right or wrong\, or alter anyone’s position.  \nWe are committed to fostering productive dialogues in the hopes that minds and hearts might expand. We ask that you  \n\nKeep an open mind \nBe respectful of others \nListen with the intent to understand \nSpeak your own truth\n\nWe expect to experience discomfort when talking about hard things. Remain engaged and recognize that the discomfort can lead to problem-solving and authentic understanding.  \n\n  \nThis is a free event. Click “Get Tickets” to RSVP. \nLocated in the Rocky Mountain Climbers Club\, on the lower level of the Community House.
URL:https://www.chautauqua.com/event/difficult-dialogues-what-emotional-impact-does-politics-have-on-our-lives/
LOCATION:Community house – Rocky Mountain Climbers Club\, Baseline Rd & 9th St\, Boulder\, CO\, United States
CATEGORIES:Voices at Chautauqua
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SUMMARY:Difficult Dialogues: How Do We Reconcile Ourselves to Our Privilege?
DESCRIPTION:Door time: 5:30 PM \nEvent time: 6:00 PM \nSupported by the Betsy Hitchcock Foundation\nA conversation about race\, gender\, class\, and so much more.\nModerator:\nPedro Senhorinha Silva has had a varied career\, from serving in the U.S. Air Force as a Chinese Linguist to ministry with the United Church of Christ. With a deep passion for uniting people\, he’s been active in the bridging movement\, volunteering with Living Room Conversations\, and joining YOUnify in 2022. He also hosts two podcasts\, serves on the Motus Theater board\, and recently relaunched Higher Up Consulting. In 2023\, Pedro was honored with the YWCA Boulder County’s Community Impact Award for his contributions to community engagement and advocacy. \nThe Center for Humanities & the Arts (CHA) mission is to promote arts and humanities by being a dynamic hub on the CU Boulder campus and by creating connections within the Boulder community.\nOur purpose is to hold dialogues on topics considered difficult\, provocative\, or controversial\, among constituents that may have strong conflicting views.\nOur objective is NOT to necessarily agree\, fix anything\, prove anyone right or wrong\, or alter anyone’s position.  \nWe are committed to fostering productive dialogues in the hopes that minds and hearts might expand. We ask that you  \n\nKeep an open mind \nBe respectful of others \nListen with the intent to understand \nSpeak your own truth\n\nWe expect to experience discomfort when talking about hard things. Remain engaged and recognize that the discomfort can lead to problem-solving and authentic understanding.  \n\n  \nThis is a free event. Click “Get Tickets” to RSVP. \nLocated in the Rocky Mountain Climbers Club\, on the lower level of the Community House.
URL:https://www.chautauqua.com/event/difficult-dialogues-privilege/
LOCATION:Community house – Rocky Mountain Climbers Club\, Baseline Rd & 9th St\, Boulder\, CO\, United States
CATEGORIES:Home Feature,Voices at Chautauqua
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SUMMARY:Difficult Dialogues: Is that a fact?! Finding facts in a world filled with disinformation - SOLD OUT!
DESCRIPTION:Door time: 5:30 PM \nEvent time: 6:00 PM \nSupported by the Betsy Hitchcock Foundation\nWhat have facts become in our current information rich environment?\nThis event is a conversation to look at how we attempt to gain knowledge and what are the social and environmental features that pose a challenge to do this. We want to look at how we come to understand information as fact. \nModerators:\nTyler Porter is a Ph.D. student in philosophy at the University of Colorado\, Boulder. He studies Hostile Epistemology\, which examines how social and environmental factors make it hard for people to gain knowledge. Social factors could include people pretending to be experts or social networks passing around false information. Environmental factors could include false information on the internet or evidence that is difficult to find. Tyler’s work has been published in well-known philosophy journals such as Erkenntnis and Episteme\, and he has presented at major conferences such as the American Philosophical Association\, World Congress of Philosophy\, and the European Congress of Analytic Philosophy. He teaches with the intent of using philosophy to help people better navigate problems surrounding misinformation\, disinformation\, manipulative people\, conspiracy theories\, and more. \nTed Shear (PhD\, University of California\, Davis) is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Philosophy Department at the University of Colorado Boulder. His primary research focus is on questions about rational belief with a particular emphasis on belief revision. He is especially interested in the role that our beliefs play in theories of rational choice. While orthodox theories of the rationality presuppose strong\, unrealistic idealizations\, his work aims to explore how they can adapted to provide useful guidance for real-world agents like us. He regularly teaches courses in Critical Thinking and Symbolic Logic\, but has also recently enjoyed teaching Philosophy & Sport. Outside of his academic interests\, he spends his time rock climbing\, skateboarding\, and playing with his cats. \n  \nThe Center for Humanities & the Arts (CHA) mission is to promote arts and humanities by being a dynamic hub on the CU Boulder campus and by creating connections within the Boulder community. \nOur purpose is to hold dialogues on topics considered difficult\, provocative\, or controversial\, among constituents that may have strong conflicting views.  \nOur objective is NOT to necessarily agree\, fix anything\, prove anyone right or wrong\, or alter anyone’s position.  \nWe are committed to fostering productive dialogues in the hopes that minds and hearts might expand. We ask that you  \n\nKeep an open mind \nBe respectful of others \nListen with the intent to understand \nSpeak your own truth\n\nWe expect to experience discomfort when talking about hard things. Remain engaged and recognize that the discomfort can lead to problem-solving and authentic understanding.  \n\n  \nThis is a free event. Click “Get Tickets” to RSVP. \nLocated in the Rocky Mountain Climbers Club\, on the lower level of the Community House.
URL:https://www.chautauqua.com/event/difficult-dialogue-is-that-a-fact/
LOCATION:Community house – Rocky Mountain Climbers Club\, Baseline Rd & 9th St\, Boulder\, CO\, United States
CATEGORIES:Voices at Chautauqua
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SUMMARY:Difficult Dialogues: Is This What Democracy Looks Like? - SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:Door time: 5:30 PM \nEvent time: 6:00 PM \nRegistration for this event is full.\nSupported by the Betsy Hitchcock Foundation\nA community discussion about the nature and evolution of democracy in the US. \nIs American democracy broken\, as some commenters suggest\, or is it deeply imperiled and potentially on the verge of becoming so\, as others do? Given what are frequently received as frustrations with or threats to democracy—of voter suppression\, “post-truth” politics\, the normalization of political violence\, the erosion of democratic guardrails\, and the intensification of partisan polarization—must we now be resigned to charting the decline and fall of democratic norms and institutions\, viewing each election with anxiety and dread as if it might be our last? Or is it still possible to reinvigorate democratic norms and institutions\, and in so doing provide an antidote to such frustrations and threats? This community dialogue aims to explore not only what community members may perceive as threatening to democracy or indicative of its fragility or decline\, but also to explore how we got here and where we might go from here\, especially with regard to reinvigorating some of the norms and institutions of American democracy. \nModerator:\nSteve Vanderheiden received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2001 and joined the CU-Boulder faculty in 2007 after six years at the University of Minnesota Duluth. He specializes in normative political theory and environmental politics and has published on topics ranging from Rousseau’s social thought to SUVs and democratic theory. In addition to graduate seminars in political theory\, Vanderheiden teaches the introductory Western Political Thought survey course\, Politics & Literature\, Liberalism and Its Critics\, and Environmental Political Theory. \n  \nThe Center for Humanities & the Arts (CHA) mission is to promote arts and humanities by being a dynamic hub on the CU Boulder campus and by creating connections within the Boulder community. \nOur purpose is to hold dialogues on topics considered difficult\, provocative\, or controversial\, among constituents that may have strong conflicting views.  \nOur objective is NOT to necessarily agree\, fix anything\, prove anyone right or wrong\, or alter anyone’s position.  \nWe are committed to fostering productive dialogues in the hopes that minds and hearts might expand. We ask that you  \n\nKeep an open mind \nBe respectful of others \nListen with the intent to understand \nSpeak your own truth\n\nWe expect to experience discomfort when talking about hard things. Remain engaged and recognize that the discomfort can lead to problem-solving and authentic understanding.  \n\n  \nThis is a free event. Click “Get Tickets” to RSVP. \nLocated in the Rocky Mountain Climbers Club\, on the lower level of the Community House.
URL:https://www.chautauqua.com/event/difficult-dialogues-democracy/
LOCATION:Community house – Rocky Mountain Climbers Club\, Baseline Rd & 9th St\, Boulder\, CO\, United States
CATEGORIES:Home Feature,Voices at Chautauqua
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SUMMARY:What’s in a Name? A State Historian’s Roundtable on Controversial Monuments and Place Names
DESCRIPTION:In Partnership With:\n \nSupported by: The Betsy Hitchcock Fund\n  \nDoors: 6:30 \nShow: 7:00 \n  \nMonuments and place names transmit stories\, knowledge\, and values from one generation to the next. But what happens when generational values shift about who\, or what\, deserves to be commemorated? Join Colorado’s State Historian’s Council for a lively discussion about controversial monuments and place names and how we might address them today. \n  \nPanelists: \nDr. Claire Oberon Garcia is a professor of English at Colorado College. Dr. Garcia’s research focuses on Black history portrayed through literature\, including an emphasis on women of the Black Atlantic in the beginning of the twentieth century. She is the co-editor of many notable works\, including Uncle Tom’s Cabin and The Help: White Authored Narratives of Black Life\, and her work has appeared in The Colorado Magazine and Palimpsest: A Journal on Women\, among others. As a scholar and teacher\, Dr. Garcia is particularly interested in the archives of the marginalized\, the silenced and the “expendable” who did not have access to official institutions and dominant power structures. \n  \nDr. Nicki Gonzales is a professor of history and vice provost for diversity and inclusion at Regis University. Her research interests include the American Southwest; the Chicano Movement in Colorado; Chicano social\, political\, legal\, and environmental activism; and the history of land grant communities. She has served as an advisor for History Colorado’s exhibits El Movimiento: The Chicano Movement in Colorado and Zoom In: The Centennial State in 100 Objects. Dr. Gonzales is History Colorado’s appointee to the Colorado Geographic Naming Advisory Board established by Governor Polis in July 2020. \n  \nDr. Susan Schulten is Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Denver\, where she has taught since 1996. Dr. Schulten’s research innovatively uses old maps to tell new stories about history. Dr. Schulten has also authored multiple books\, including A History of America in 100 Maps\, which examines how maps can reveal new angles on our past and Mapping the Nation: History and Cartography in Nineteenth-Century America\, that explores how maps transformed American life by organizing information. Her work has been supported by the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Her most recent work\, Emma Willard: Maps of History\, examines one of the nineteenth-century’s most influential educators. For several years\, Dr. Schulten has also served as an editor for History Colorado’s podcast\, Lost Highways. \n  \nDr. William Wei is a professor of history at the University of Colorado Boulder. He was the founding editor-in-chief of the online Colorado Encyclopedia and has held various national and international fellowships. His work focuses primarily on modern China\, with research interests in Asian Americans. His latest book\, Asians in Colorado: A History of Persecution and Perseverance in the Centennial State\, was a finalist for the 2017 Colorado Authors’ League Award for General Nonfiction. He was a lead advisor on History Colorado’s Zoom In exhibition in 2016–2017\, and is the author of the exhibition’s companion book\, Becoming Colorado: The Centennial State in 100 Objects. He received the Asian American Hero of Colorado Award from the Colorado Asian Culture and Education Network in 2022. \n  \nJason Hanson is the Chief Creative Officer and Director of Interpretation and Research at History Colorado\, where he also serves as the Deputy State Historian on the State Historian’s Council. At History Colorado\, he works with talented colleagues to create award-winning and groundbreaking exhibitions\, actively build a collection that reflects the stories of all who have called Colorado home\, and publish innovative original scholarship about Colorado history. He has led numerous exhibition projects and written widely on topics such as the role of monuments in society\, the origins of the modern workplace\, what we’ll remember about 2020\, gender roles in Utopian communities\, Denver Water\, environmental history\, baseball\, and beer. He is a member of the America 250 – Colorado 150 Commission helping the state get ready for our Sesquisemiquincentennial in 2026. Prior to joining History Colorado\, he was a member of the research faculty at the Center of the American West at CU Boulder. \n  \nThis is a free event. Click “Get Tickets” to RSVP.
URL:https://www.chautauqua.com/event/whats-in-a-name/
LOCATION:Chautauqua Community House\, 301 Morning Glory Drive\, Boulder\, CO\, 80302\, United States
CATEGORIES:Voices at Chautauqua
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SUMMARY:Difficult Dialogues: How to Have Difficult Conversations with Friends and Loved Ones—including talking about Gaza and Israel - SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by: The Betsy Hitchcock Fund\nDoors: 5:30 PM \nShow: 6:00 PM \n  \nOur third Difficult Dialogue Conversation takes up the topic of how to have difficult conversations with people you care about but may disagree with. Our facilitators\, Jennifer Ho and Ami Dayan\, believe it is possible to have productive conversations about controversial subjects\, so long as all parties enter into the conversation with a sincere willingness to listen and learn rather than simply argue in order to persuade someone to their point of view. Join us on March 27 (Wed\, 6-7pm) to practice having hard conversations\, including on the topic of Gaza and Israel. \nThe Center for Humanities & the Arts (CHA) mission is to promote arts and humanities by being a dynamic hub on the CU Boulder campus and by creating connections within the Boulder community. \nOur purpose is to hold dialogues on topics considered difficult\, provocative\, or controversial\, among constituents that may have strong conflicting views.  \nOur objective is NOT to necessarily agree\, fix anything\, prove anyone right or wrong\, or alter anyone’s position.  \nWe are committed to fostering productive dialogues in the hopes that minds and hearts might expand. We ask that you  \n\nKeep an open mind \nBe respectful of others \nListen with the intent to understand \nSpeak your own truth\n\nWe expect to experience discomfort when talking about hard things. Remain engaged and recognize that the discomfort can lead to problem-solving and authentic understanding.  \n\nOur co-facilitators for this evening will include:\nJennifer Ho\, Professor\, CU Boulder\nThe daughter of a refugee father from China and an immigrant mother from Jamaica\, whose own parents were immigrants from Hong Kong\, Jennifer Ho is the director of the Center for the Humanities & the Arts at the University of Colorado Boulder\, where she also holds an appointment as Professor in the Ethnic Studies department. She is the past president of the Association for Asian American Studies (2020-2022) and sits on the board of directors for the Consortium for Humanities Centers and Institutes (CHCI)\, the National Committee on US-China Relations\, and Kundiman (an Asian American literature non-profit). Ho has co-edited two collection of essays\, Narrative\, Race\, and Ethnicity in the United States (Ohio State University Press 2017) and Teaching Approaches to Asian North American Literature (Modern Language Association 2022)\, and she is the author of three scholarly monographs\, Consumption and Identity in Asian American Coming-of-Age Novels (Routledge 2005)\, Racial Ambiguity in Asian American Culture (Rutgers University Press 2015)\, which won the South Atlantic Modern Language Association award for best monograph\, and Understanding Gish Jen (University of South Carolina Press 2015). She has published in journals such as Modern Fiction Studies\, Journal for Asian American Studies\, Amerasia Journal\, The Global South\, Southern Cultures\, Japan Forum\, and Oxford American. Her next two academic projects are a breast cancer memoir and a monograph that will consider Asian Americans in the global south through the narrative of her maternal family’s immigration from Hong Kong to Jamaica to North America. In addition to her academic work\, Ho is active in community engagement around issues of race and intersectionality\, leading workshops on anti-racism and how to talk about race in our current political climate. \n\nAmi Dayan\nAmi Dayan is an award winning Israeli/American playwright\, director\, and performer. He studied and worked professionally in Europe\, Israel and extensively in the United States. He serves  on the board of the Jaipur Literature Festival in Boulder\, and is founder of The Interview Game Inc.\, a Boulder based company with a mission of bridging the intergenerational gap\, and bringing people closer with curated reciprocal interviews. \n  \n\n  \nThis is a free event. Click “Get Tickets” to RSVP. \nLocated in the Rocky Mountain Climbers Club\, on the lower level of the Community House.
URL:https://www.chautauqua.com/event/difficult-dialogues-how-to-have-difficult-conversations/
LOCATION:Community house – Rocky Mountain Climbers Club\, Baseline Rd & 9th St\, Boulder\, CO\, United States
CATEGORIES:Voices at Chautauqua
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SUMMARY:Difficult Dialogues: The Frontier of Free Speech - SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:Doors: 5:30 PM \nShow: 6:00 PM \n  \nFor this second in the series\, the Center for Humanities & the Arts (CHA) and Colorado Chautauqua are hosting a community conversation about the first amendment and freedom of speech. Are there boundaries to what speech can and should be shared publicly? Are there costs to free speech? \nThe Center for Humanities & the Arts (CHA) mission is to promote arts and humanities by being a dynamic hub on the CU Boulder campus and by creating connections within the Boulder community. \nOur purpose is to hold dialogues on topics considered difficult\, provocative\, or controversial\, among constituents that may have strong conflicting views.  \nOur objective is NOT to necessarily agree\, fix anything\, prove anyone right or wrong\, or alter anyone’s position.  \nWe are committed to fostering productive dialogues in the hopes that minds and hearts might expand. We ask that you  \n\nKeep an open mind \nBe respectful of others \nListen with the intent to understand \nSpeak your own truth\n\nWe expect to experience discomfort when talking about hard things. Remain engaged and recognize that the discomfort can lead to problem-solving and authentic understanding.  \n\nOur co-facilitators for this evening will include:\nMichele Moses\, Professor and Vice Provost\, CU Boulder\nA well-known scholar in the areas of philosophy of education\, policy\, and ethics\, Professor Michele Moses was recruited to CU Boulder in 2005 and was thrilled to return to CU after having received two graduate degrees here. A philosopher by training\, Professor Moses has particular expertise in policy disagreements that involve race\, ethnicity\, gender\, and sexuality; moral and political values; democracy and the public good; and equality of educational opportunity. \nShe has been serving as CU Boulder’s Vice Provost and Associate Vice Chancellor for Faculty Affairs since 2019\, after serving as Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs. Before that\, as Associate Dean for Graduate Studies in the School of Education\, Professor Moses founded CU Boulder’s Master’s in Higher Education Program. She has been a Fulbright New Century Scholar\, was awarded CU Boulder’s Hazel Barnes Prize\, and is a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association. Her work has appeared in the top journals in her field including the American Educational Research Journal\, Educational Researcher\, Harvard Educational Review\, Journal of Higher Education\, and Journal of Social Philosophy. In addition\, Professor Moses is the author of Living with Moral Disagreement: The Enduring Controversy about Affirmative Action (University of Chicago Press\, 2016)\, Embracing Race: Why We Need Race-Conscious Education Policy (Teachers College Press\, 2002)\, and co-editor of Affirmative Action Matters: Creating Opportunities for Students around the World (Routledge\, 2014). \nIn her role as Vice Provost\, Professor Moses aims to help foster among faculty a sense of belonging and community on campus\, so that faculty members feel supported\, informed\, and valued. She provides strategic direction for a variety of activities associated with faculty life and academic programming on the Boulder campus centered around four key areas: faculty development and support\, faculty personnel actions\, academic program review\, and faculty data and impact. A first-generation college graduate\, Professor Moses holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia\, an MEd in higher education and student affairs from the University of Vermont\, and an MA in Philosophy and PhD in Educational Foundations and Policy from here at CU Boulder. \n\nPatrick O’Rourke\, COO & adjunct law professor\, CU Boulder\nPatrick O’Rourke is Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Operating Officer at the University of Colorado Boulder. In this role\, he is responsible for the operation of the Strategic Resources and Support (SRS) team\, which provides operational support for the campus in human resources\, information technology\, enrollment management\, budget and finance\, strategic communications\, compliance and security\, institutional equity and compliance\, health and wellness services\, and infrastructure and sustainability. SRS partners with the academic administration and faculty to support the university’s mission of teaching\, research and service. \nPreviously\, O’Rourke served as Vice President\, University Counsel and Secretary of the CU Board of Regents from 2012 through 2020\, where he was responsible for coordinating the university’s legal affairs and assisting the board in its governance role. Before serving in that role\, he was responsible for overseeing the university’s litigation. He teaches as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Colorado School of Law and the Colorado School of Public Health on the Anschutz Medical Campus. \nO’Rourke received his undergraduate degree from Creighton University and his law degree from The Georgetown University Law Center. He is active in the community and has served as a board member of the Denver School of Science and Technology\, the Center for Legal Inclusiveness\, and the Colorado Judicial Institute. \n  \n\n  \nThis is a free event. Click “Get Tickets” to RSVP. \nLocated in the Rocky Mountain Climbers Club\, on the lower level of the Community House.
URL:https://www.chautauqua.com/event/the-frontier-of-free-speech/
LOCATION:Community house – Rocky Mountain Climbers Club\, Baseline Rd & 9th St\, Boulder\, CO\, United States
CATEGORIES:Voices at Chautauqua
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SUMMARY:Why Don't You Think Like I Do? - SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:We are currently at capacity for this event. Please check back later to see if seats become available.\n\nNavigating the spaces between us\nAs we begin 2024\, the Center for Humanities & the Arts (CHA) and Colorado Chautauqua are hosting a community conversation about how we form opinions\, and what happens when we confront opposing views. \nThe Difficult Dialogues series brings together local voices to explore complex topics\, fostering a mutual understanding and a respectful discourse. Difficult Dialogues events aim to create a space for grappling with tough subjects that people may find difficult or uncomfortable to talk about. These events are not debates but platforms for thoughtful exchange. \nThe Center for Humanities & the Arts (CHA) mission is to promote arts and humanities by being a dynamic hub on the CU Boulder campus and by creating connections within the Boulder community. \nOur purpose is to hold dialogues on topics considered difficult\, provocative\, or controversial\, among constituents that may have strong conflicting views.  \nOur objective is NOT to necessarily agree\, fix anything\, prove anyone right or wrong\, or alter anyone’s position.  \nWe are committed to fostering productive dialogues in the hopes that minds and hearts might expand. We ask that you  \n\nKeep an open mind \nBe respectful of others \nListen with the intent to understand \nSpeak your own truth\n\nWe expect to experience discomfort when talking about hard things. Remain engaged and recognize that the discomfort can lead to problem-solving and authentic understanding.  \n\nOur co-facilitators for this evening will include:\nJennifer Ho\, Director of CHA\nThe daughter of a refugee father from China and an immigrant mother from Jamaica\, whose own parents were immigrants from Hong Kong\, Jennifer Ho is the director of the Center for the Humanities & the Arts at CU Boulder\, where she also holds an appointment as Professor in the Ethnic Studies department. Ho has co-edited two collection of essays and is the author of three scholarly monographs\, Consumption and Identity in Asian American Coming-of-Age Novels (Routledge 2005)\, Racial Ambiguity in Asian American Culture (Rutgers University Press 2015)\, which won the South Atlantic Modern Language Association award for best monograph\, and Understanding Gish Jen (University of South Carolina Press 2015). She has published in journals such as Modern Fiction Studies\, Journal for Asian American Studies\, Amerasia Journal\, The Global South\, Southern Cultures\, Japan Forum\, and Oxford American. In addition to her academic work\, Ho is active in community engagement around issues of race and intersectionality\, leading workshops on anti-racism and how to talk about race in our current political climate. \n\nKaren Ashcraft\, Professor of Communication\, CU Boulder\nKaren Lee Ashcraft is a Professor in the Department of Communication. Her research examines how relations of difference—such as gender\, race\, and sexuality—shape various scenes of work and organization\, ranging from social services to commercial aviation to academic labor. Her scholarship appears in such venues as Academy of Management Review\, Communication Theory\, Administrative Science Quarterly\, and Management Communication Quarterly. Most recently\, she is exploring the relationship between communication and affect and\, specifically\, how occupational identities arise and circulate through affective economies. She teaches undergraduate courses that address difference and communication\, especially in the context of work life\, as well as graduate seminars in organizational communication and qualitative research methods. \nRead the introduction from Karen Ashcraft’s latest book “Wronged and Dangerous: Viral Masculinity and the Populist Pandemic” here: \nhttps://www.chautauqua.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Ashcraft-introduction.pdf \nGet the full book “Wronged and Dangerous: Viral Masculinity and the Populist Pandemic” \n\n  \nThis is a free event. Click “Get Tickets” to RSVP. \nLocated in the Rocky Mountain Climbers Club\, on the lower level of the Community House.
URL:https://www.chautauqua.com/event/why-dont-you-think-like-i-do/
LOCATION:Community house – Rocky Mountain Climbers Club\, Baseline Rd & 9th St\, Boulder\, CO\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Voices at Chautauqua
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SUMMARY:Ira Glass - Seven Things I've Learned
DESCRIPTION:Presented by: \n \nWith support from Orthopedic & Spine Center of the Rockies \n \nDoors: 7:00 PM \nShowtime: 8:00 PM \nIra Glass is the host and creator of This American Life\, heard by more than 5 million listeners each week on more than 500 public radio stations and via podcast. After starting his career as an intern at NPR’s headquarters in Washington\, DC at age 19\, Glass launched This American Life in 1995. The program was the first ever awarded a Pulitzer Prize for audio journalism\, has won 7 Peabody Awards and many other honors. In 2021\, This American Life’s episode The Giant Pool of Money was the first podcast inducted into the Library of Congress’s National Recording Registry. It remains one of public radio’s most popular programs. \nAs editor of the groundbreaking podcasts Serial\, S-Town and Nice White Parents\, Glass is credited with popularizing the format. \nIn Seven Things I’ve Learned\, Glass gives a glimpse of his creative process. Using audio clips\, music and video\, Glass shares stories and reflections from his long career as an interviewer\, producer and broadcaster. \n——————————————— \nJoin KUNC and add a pre-show cocktail reception with Ira Glass at Chautauqua’s Community House before his performance on July 29th. \nDoors: 6:00 PM / Event time: 6:30 PM \n 
URL:https://www.chautauqua.com/event/ira-glass-seven-things-ive-learned/
LOCATION:Chautauqua Auditorium\, 100 Morning Glory Dr.\, Boulder\, CO\, 80302\, United States
CATEGORIES:Home Feature,Lectures,Voices at Chautauqua
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SUMMARY:The Maestas Case: One of the Court's Earliest Bans of Public School Segregation
DESCRIPTION:Doors: 5:30 \nEvent time: 6:00 \n \nThe Maestas Case is the earliest known successful struggle by Mexican-American to end school segregation in the United States. All but forgotten for over a century\, the lawsuit was filed in 1913 and took place in southern Colorado\, a region of deep historical roots for Hispanics. \nThis three part presentation will be in a panel format with Retired Judge Martín Gonzales setting the case in its unique historical context and legal background. Dr. Gonzalo Guzmán will talk about Perspectives on Pride and Persistence in Ending Public School Segregation and other examples of Latino educational segregation. Dr. Antonio Esquibel will talk about the Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos’ (SPMDTU) involvement in the case and will perform “El Corrido de Francisco Maestas”. \nA segregated school for Mexican-American Children was created with All Mexican-American children regardless of English proficiency required to attend. The plaintiffs (Mexican-Americans) argued their children were racially distinct as Mexicans and that this was prohibited under the Colorado Constitution as improper public schools segregation of children based on color and race. Defendants (school board members and the superintendent) countered that these children were Caucasian and no different from other White children in the school district. Further that the Mexican-American children were segregated to meet their linguistic needs. \nDistrict Court Judge\, Charles Holbrook\, ruled in 1914 that to the extent that many Mexican-American children were English speaking\, the segregation of English language proficient Mexican-American children was improper and they had the right to their chosen School. \n  \nDr. Gonzalo Guzmán: \nDr. Gonzalo Guzmán is from Wapato in the Yakima Valley of Washington State. He is an assistant professor of educational studies at Macalester College in Saint Paul\, Minnesota. His research focuses on the racialization and educational histories of Latina/o/x communities in the Mountain States and Pacific Northwest of the US. His work has been published in the Journal of Latinos and Education\, History of Education Quarterly\, Education’s Histories\, Critical Readings on Latinos and Education\, and Annals of Wyoming. Additionally\, his research and commentary has been featured in Colorado\, Washington\, and Wyoming NPR and PBS affiliate stations\, as well as the National Park Service. He is currently finalizing his first book manuscript tentatively titled: Education for a New Race: Making Whites and Schooling the Mexican in Greater Juan Crow. Guzmán’s research led to the rediscovery of the Maestas case. \n  \nDr. Antonio Esquibel: \nDr. Antonio Esquibel has been a member of the La Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos (SPMDTU)\, the oldest civil rights organization in the United States\, for 55 years. He is currently the Secretary of the Concilio Superior\, its governing board. The SPMDTU was founded in 1900\, 123 years ago in Antonito\, Colorado. He represents the SPMDTU on the Maestas Case Commemoration Committee. He has composed “El Corrido de Francisco Maestas”/”The Ballad of Francisco Maestas”\, which immortalizes the case. Dr. Esquibel is an Emeritus Professor of Spanish\, former Vice President of Student Affairs and former Trustee of Metropolitan State University of Denver. \n  \nJudge Martin A. Gonzales: \nJudge Gonzales is a fourth-generation resident of the San Luis Valley. He obtained his JD from the University of Colorado Law School in 1978. He engaged in an extensive private civil practice his appointment to the bench. He was the first Hispanic County Judge for Alamosa County\, Colorado.  Appointed in in 2007 He became the first Hispanic District Court Judge for the 12th Judicial District which encompasses the whole of the San Luis Valley.  His position as District Court judge makes him a successor judge to Judge Holbrook\, who issued the order in the Maestas Case. He is now retired and with the Senior Judge program for the Judicial Branch. He is the chairperson of the Maestas Case Commemoration Committee and a member of the Colorado Council on Restorative justice. \nThis program is supported with funding from the generous bequest of Betsy Hitchcock.
URL:https://www.chautauqua.com/event/the-maestas-case-one-of-the-courts-earliest-bans-of-public-school-segregation/
LOCATION:Chautauqua Community House\, 301 Morning Glory Drive\, Boulder\, CO\, 80302\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures,Voices at Chautauqua
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SUMMARY:Can Multicultural Democracies Survive?
DESCRIPTION:Presented by History Colorado and Colorado Chautauqua \nDoors: 6:30 PM \nEvent time: 7:00 PM \nFree event! Click “Get Tickets” to register and secure your spot\nDemocratic government has been an ideal for many nations – at least in theory. But the opening decades of the twentieth century have witnessed some of the fundamental principles of democratic values being tested as significant social change is met by strong opposition.  In many increasingly polarized advanced democracies\, debates about the responsibilities of government to its citizens\, the limits of individual freedom and rights\, and the role of history in national identity narratives abound. Nations that were regarded as successful examples of liberal democracies with strong social safety nets have become more factionalized as their populations become more diverse. Can multicultural democracies overcome these challenges to be just\, viable and sustainable? \n  \nAt a time when many Americans feel that our own democracy is less stable than we assumed\, there may be lessons we can learn from the failures and successes of others. Through an examination of the state of democracy in other parts of the world\, the panelists and audience for this program will discuss how we might fully realize our own “more perfect union” to face the challenges of the 21st century. \n  \nPanelists: \nJoe Jupille\, Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science\, Faculty Research Associate at the Institute of Behavioral Science. \nHe teaches broadly across European\, comparative and international politics at undergraduate and graduate levels. A specialist in the European Union (EU)\, his research engages the reciprocal relations of rules and politics. \nProfessor Jupille has written Procedural Politics: Issues\, Influence and Institutional Choice in the European Union (2004)\, Institutional Choice and Global Commerce (2013\, with Walter Mattli and Duncan Snidal)\, and Theories of Institutions (2022\, with James A. Caporaso)\, all with Cambridge University Press. His next book project traces the endogenous development of EU institutions over the long run. His articles have appeared in Annual Review of Political Science\, Comparative Political Studies\, European Political Science Review\, International Organization\, and West European Politics. \n \nYogesh Chandrani\, Assistant Professor of Asian Studies and Religion\, Colorado College. \nYogesh Chandrani is Assistant Professor of Religion and Asian Studies at Colorado College. He is the recipient of several grants and fellowships including the Fulbright Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship\, the Foreign Language Area Studies Fellowship\, the Columbia University Travelling Fellowship\, the Columbia University Core Curriculum Fellowship\, and a research grant from the Samuel Rubin Foundation (New York). Prior to joining Colorado College\, he taught at Columbia University and at the Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies at New York University. His current book project is an ethnographic and historical exploration of the Muslim question in postcolonial India entitled Legacies of Colonial History: Region\, Religion\, and Violence in Postcolonial Gujarat. \n \nFrancisco Rodriguez\, Rice Family Professor of the Practice of International and Public Affairs\, the Josef Korbel School of International Studies\, University of Denver. \nFrancisco Rodriguez is Rice Family Professor of the Practice of International and Public Affairs at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies\, University of Denver. A native of Venezuela\, he is the founder of Oil for Venezuela\, a non-profit organization finding solutions to Venezuela’s humanitarian crisis.  He has held prominent positions such as Head of the Research Team of the United Nations’ Human Development Report Office and Chief Andean Economist of Bank of America (2011-2016).  Rodríguez is a frequent contributor to publications such as Foreign Affairs\, Financial Times\, The New York Times\, Americas Quarterly\, Foreign Policy and the Washington Post.  Dr. Rodriguez has published research papers in academic outlets including the American Economic Journal\, Journal of Economic Growth\, Journal of Macroeconomics\, Journal of Politics and Economic Development and Cultural Change. HIs book Scorched Earth: The Political Economy of Venezuela’s Collapse\, will be published in 2024. \n \nModerator:  Claire Garcia\, Professor of English\, Colorado College. \nClaire Oberon Garcia is Professor of English at Colorado College and serves on the State Historian’s Advisory Council.  She has published widely on Black women writers and her book on Black Women Writers in Paris is under contract with the University of Georgia Press.  A chapter titled “Black Women Writers\, Black Internationalism and the Struggle for Citizenship” appeared in Black French Women and the Struggle for Equality: 1848-2015\, Félix Germain and Silyane Larcher\, editors.  Garcia serves on the board of the Collegium for African American Research. \n \n  \nThis program is supported with funding from the generous bequest of Betsy Hitchcock.\n  \n 
URL:https://www.chautauqua.com/event/can-multicultural-democracies-survive/
LOCATION:Chautauqua Community House\, 301 Morning Glory Drive\, Boulder\, CO\, 80302\, United States
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SUMMARY:Theodosia Ammons: A Celebration of a Chautauqua Legend
DESCRIPTION:Doors: 5:00 PM \nShow: 5:30 PM \n \nCelebration of a Chautauqua Legend and a Tour of Her Historic Cottage \nChautauqua’s own historic trailblazer\, Theodosia Ammons\, will be inducted into the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame this spring.  Born in 1861\, Ammons broke barriers as the first female dean at what is now Colorado State University\, president of the Colorado Equal Suffrage Association\, national leader in developing the academic field of domestic sciences\, and director of Chautauqua’s original continuing education school for teachers. \nTheodosia Ammons was the founding principal of Chautauqua’s School of Domestic Science. Domestic Science\, also known as home economics\, was a progressive field that brought science into the home\, ushered women into higher education and provided leadership opportunities in education\, government and business. In 1895\, Ammons co-founded the Colorado Agricultural College (now Colorado State University) Department of Domestic Economy. A few years later in 1898\, Ammons was picked to head up the faculty of Chautauqua’s domestic science department. In 1900\, Ammons’ expertise in all things domestic led her to design a model vacation cottage on the Chautauqua grounds. Every detail for health\, sanitation\, comfort and convenience was accounted for in the plans. Named Gwenthean Cottage\, for sisters Gwendolin\, Theodosia and Anne\, the model home remains in the family and is virtually unchanged from the original design. \nSharing the stage to celebrate Ammons’ induction will be Carol Taylor\, local historian and researcher\, and Catherine Long Gates\, Ammons’ great niece and third generation owner of Boulder’s iconic Long’s Gardens.  Carol will set the historical context for Ammons’ life by describing events of the country’s Progressive Era\, a transformational period of social activism and political reform.  Catherine will trace Ammons’ journey through that Era highlighting the adult education program Ammons pioneered at Chautauqua.  Following the program and discussion\, Catherine and her family will provide a rare opportunity for the audience to tour Gwenthean Cottage.  Designed and built by Ammons in 1899 to showcase innovations for making women’s domestic work more efficient\, the cottage has been preserved in close to its original state and truly takes the visitor back in time. \nCarol Taylor is a researcher and writer who has held positions with several local history organizations. Her history columns have appeared in the Daily Camera newspaper for over 20 years. Currently Taylor is researching the histories of four privately-owned ranches in Colorado and Wyoming. \nCatherine Long Gates is Theodosia Ammons’ great niece and third-generation owner of Boulder’s iconic Long’s Gardens\, now permanently protected for community horticultural and agricultural uses thanks to the support of the community and the Long family’s efforts.  A Colorado native\, Catherine is co-owner with her sister\, Margaret\, of Gwenthean Cottage.
URL:https://www.chautauqua.com/event/theodosia-ammons-a-celebration-of-a-chautauqua-legend/
LOCATION:Chautauqua Community House\, 301 Morning Glory Drive\, Boulder\, CO\, 80302\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures,Voices at Chautauqua
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