[sudoroom] Fwd: Free Event: "Is Civility Overrated?"

[Troy Massey]

"Many hands make for light work"

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> From: "Jennifer Y. Lee" <jennifer at zocalopublicsquare.org>
> Date: June 26, 2012 1:18:58 PM PDT
> To: donotreply at zocalopublicsquare.org
> Subject: Free Event: "Is Civility Overrated?"
> Reply-To: "Jennifer Y. Lee" <jennifer at zocalopublicsquare.org>
> 
> Zócalo Public Square invites you to join us for a free event--with free drinks! We're hosting a panel with Henry Brady, Cassandra Dahnke, Jennifer Linde, and Meenakshi Chakraverti to discuss whether it's better for democracy if Americans are cordial or fighting like cats and dogs. We thought you might be interested because you had signed up for Zócalo in San Francisco: "How Do We Put the People Back in the Initiative Process?"
> 
> You can find more information below. We hope you'll be able to join us, and please feel free to pass this on to any of your friends and colleagues who might be interested.      
> 
> Thanks so much,
> JYL
> 
> "Is Civility Overrated?"
> Monday, July 16, 2012, 6:00 PM
> 
> Marines' Memorial Club & Hotel
> 609 Sutter Street
> San Francisco, CA
> 
> Free tickets for event and reception here:
> http://zocalopublicsquare.org/rsvp/index.php?event_id=541
> 
> A Zócalo/Cal Humanities Searching for Democracy Event
>  
> Moderated by Joe Mathews, California Editor, Zócalo Public Square and Fellow, Center for Social Cohesion
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> After Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was shot in Tucson, pundits spent extensive time wringing their hands over the lack of civility in American political discourse. While some American elected officials have left political life because of its nastiness, historians say that American dialogue has long been uncivil, even during periods of great cohesion. And some studies suggest that hyper-partisanship is linked to greater participation in civic life. So exactly how important is civility to citizen engagement and effective democracy? Dean of the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley Henry Brady, the Institute for Civility in Government's Cassandra Dahnke, Arizona State University communications and performance scholar Jennifer Linde, and economist and anthropologist Meenakshi Chakraverti, who leads the Public Conversations Project in San Diego, visit Zócalo to discuss whether it’s better for democracy if Americans are cordial or fighting like cats and dogs.
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> Jennifer Y. Lee
> Deputy Managing Editor | Zócalo Public Square
> Office: 213.381.2541, ext. 203 | Cell: 626.354.9724 
> Fax: 213.232.3898
> jennifer at zocalopublicsquare.org
> http://www.zocalopublicsquare.org
> www.facebook.com/zocalopublicsquare
> @ThePublicSquare (Twitter)
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