Virtual Sustainability Summit at Dallas College

Virtual Sustainability Summit at Dallas College
Dallas
College will host the 11th annual Sustainability Summit with the theme of Social
Responsibility: Cultivating Civic Engagement, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., November
5, online. Topics to be discussed include Respect for Self and Others; Civil
Discourse; Reflective Structured Dialogues; Why Voting Matters; Media Literacy;
Meditation: Can Mindfulness Change the World?; and Three Questions that Can
Transform the World.
Civil
discourse is defined by American University’s Project on Civil Discourse as:
truthful, productive, audience-based, about listening and talking and each
person’s own responsibility. Attendees will leave the conference with new
skills that will help them restore respect, understanding and tolerance in
their dealings with other people and enable them to communicate more
effectively with people that have different ideas and opinions than their own.
The
event is produced by Dallas College’s Social Responsibility and Inclusion
Office, which consists of three areas: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion;
Supplier Diversity; and Sustainability. The goal is to provide no-cost learning
opportunities to students, employees and community members in these three areas.
Dallas College supports the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
This conference supports Goal #16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions.
Admission is free at DallasCollege.edu/SustainabilitySummit; Registration opens Sept. 15. For more information, call Lorilyn Hester at 214- 273-3267 or email [email protected].