Wednesday, October 4 – 9:00 – 10:30 am
Leila Brammer, Director of Outreach and Instructional Development of the Parrhesia Program for Public Discourse, University of Chicago
Civic leadership requires developing and utilizing both individual and collective communication capacities. From responding to constituent concerns, facilitating decisions, mediating conflicts, and promoting community interests, a variety of daily situations demand nuanced abilities to respond well. Effective communication wields the powerful potential to transform old and new conflicts, support decision making, and enhance the communities we live in. Civic leaders who are equipped with effective communication practices can manifest, model, and build capacities for bridging differences and working together to understand and address pressing challenges. This presentation provides approaches, practices, and language to cultivate and advance productive communication within communities.
About the Presenter:
Leila Brammer is the Director of Outreach and Instructional Development of the Parrhesia Program for Public Discourse at the University of Chicago. Rooted in the Chicago Principles of Freedom of Expression, the Parrhesia Program curricula, programming, and outreach seek to foster the capacity for vigorous, inclusive, and productive discourse in classrooms, campuses, and civic life. Leila developed a civic engagement curriculum and a public deliberation and dialogue program that received multiple national recognitions. In her work in public deliberation and dialogue, she builds and facilitates frameworks in which community members come to understand problems from multiple perspectives and work together to develop evidence-based approaches to address challenging civic issues.