{"id":3439,"date":"2023-02-06T05:13:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T05:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deliberativecitizenship.org\/?page_id=3439"},"modified":"2025-12-01T01:54:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T01:54:16","slug":"from-isolation-to-community-a-commitment-to-rehumanize-and-revive-our-democracy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/deliberativecitizenship.org\/from-isolation-to-community-a-commitment-to-rehumanize-and-revive-our-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"From Isolation to Community: A Commitment to Rehumanize and Revive our Democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/deliberativecitizenship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Eric-Liu.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Introductory Image for Guest Speaker Eric Liu.\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deliberativecitizenship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Eric-Liu.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/deliberativecitizenship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Eric-Liu-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/deliberativecitizenship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Eric-Liu-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/deliberativecitizenship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Eric-Liu-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On February 6, The Bonner Scholars Program and the Deliberative Citizenship Initiative co-sponsored two events featuring&nbsp;<strong>Citizen University CEO Eric Liu<\/strong>. The first was a public lecture by Mr. Liu in the Lilly Gallery that was attended by over 100 online (via Zoom and YouTube) and in-person guests. The theme of his talk was \u201c<strong>From Isolation to Community: A Commitment to Rehumanize and Revive our Democracy<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/deliberativecitizenship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/PXL_20230207_010141632-scaled-e1680115178924-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Liu 2\" class=\"wp-image-2644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deliberativecitizenship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/PXL_20230207_010141632-scaled-e1680115178924-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/deliberativecitizenship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/PXL_20230207_010141632-scaled-e1680115178924-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/deliberativecitizenship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/PXL_20230207_010141632-scaled-e1680115178924-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/deliberativecitizenship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/PXL_20230207_010141632-scaled-e1680115178924-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/deliberativecitizenship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/PXL_20230207_010141632-scaled-e1680115178924-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After his keynote address, Liu led a smaller&nbsp;<strong>interactive conversation<\/strong>&nbsp;exploring the key insights from the&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbetterarguments.org%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cgrbullock%40davidson.edu%7C224677b004c648421f5708db090f5598%7C35d8763cd2b14213b629f5df0af9e3c3%7C1%7C0%7C638113733701839014%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=iLA9jfXaQl1wA1OkXaBHuVClFT8hO4Mz9jCZnFLEHHM%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Better Arguments Project<\/a><\/strong>, a national civic initiative that he helped create to \u201cbridge divides \u2013 not by papering over those divides but by helping people have better arguments.\u201d During his visit, Liu was also able to meet and talk with several Davidson students, faculty, staff, and community members about their work and questions related to deliberation and building a healthier democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/deliberativecitizenship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/PXL_20230207_015919596-scaled-e1680115331127-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Liu 3\" class=\"wp-image-2645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deliberativecitizenship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/PXL_20230207_015919596-scaled-e1680115331127-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/deliberativecitizenship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/PXL_20230207_015919596-scaled-e1680115331127-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/deliberativecitizenship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/PXL_20230207_015919596-scaled-e1680115331127-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/deliberativecitizenship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/PXL_20230207_015919596-scaled-e1680115331127-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/deliberativecitizenship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/PXL_20230207_015919596-scaled-e1680115331127-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Overall, it was an action-packed and engaging visit that touched on a range of important topics that are highly relevant to both life on campus and in our broader society. Liu provided us with a key set of ideas and a hopeful sense of optimism that despite the challenges we face, we can connect with one another despite and even because of our differences, as we work together to rehumanize and re-energize our democracy.  <\/p>\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/deliberativecitizenship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Eric-Liu-Flyer-for-Email.pdf\" class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" style=\"\" data-width=\"max\" data-height=\"max\" data-mobile-width=\"500\"  data-scrollbar=\"none\" data-download=\"on\" data-tracking=\"on\" data-newwindow=\"on\" data-pagetextbox=\"off\" data-scrolltotop=\"off\" data-startzoom=\"100\" data-startfpzoom=\"100\" data-toolbar=\"bottom\" data-toolbar-fixed=\"off\">Eric-Liu-Flyer-for-Email<br\/><\/a>\n<p class=\"wp-block-pdfemb-pdf-embedder-viewer\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On February 6, The Bonner Scholars Program and the Deliberative Citizenship Initiative co-sponsored two events featuring&nbsp;Citizen University CEO Eric Liu. 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