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Seeing Your Way to Civil Discourse

Philippa Hughes • TEDxAmericanUniversity

Philippa Hughes is a Cultural Strategist and Creative Placemaker. She examines the personal transformation that follows from seeking discomfort and from living life with passion, generosity, curiosity, and boldness. After the 2016 election, she was taken by the vast divide in our country, and the lack of civil discourse. So she started hosting dinners with acquaintances from both sides of the aisle. Watch Phillipa explain how we can all see our way to civil discourse.

Philippa Hughes is a Cultural Strategist and Creative Placemaker. She examines the personal transformation that follows from seeking discomfort and from living life with passion, generosity, curiosity, and boldness. After the 2016 election, she was taken by the vast divide in our country, and the lack of civil discourse. So she started hosting dinners with acquaintances from both sides of the aisle. Watch Phillipa explain how we can all see our way to civil discourse.

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This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxAmericanUniversity, an independent event.

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