Schedule 

Friday, November 14, 2025

2:00 – 7:30 p.m. Registration

Beckham Hall, Fayerweather

3:00 – 4:00 p.m. Keynote by Eboo Patel

Memorial Chapel

4:15 – 5:45 p.m. Workshop with Urban Rural Action

Facilitators: Joseph Bubman and Phillipe Cunningham

Beckham Hall, Fayerweather

6:00 – 7:30 p.m. Reception

Beckham Hall, Fayerweather

Saturday, November 15, 2025

8:30 – 10:15 a.m. Breakfast and Keynote with Anna Deavere Smith

Beckham Hall, Fayerweather

10:30  – 11:45 a.m. Alumni and Faculty Panel—"Communicating Across Difference"

Moderator: Stephan Sonnenberg

Panelists: Bob Feldman, Scott Gottleib, Eunice Lin Nichols, Erika Franklin Fowler

Frank Center for Public Affairs, Room 100

12:00  – 1:15 p.m. Three Seminars (choose one)

Seminar 1: “Considering Authority” with Hari Ramesh
In a moment when the word authoritarianism is on the tips of many tongues, let us consider the concept of authority itself, through a close reading of Hannah Arendt’s 1954 essay, What is Authority?

Frank Center for Public Affairs, Room 001

Seminar 2: with Khalilah Brown Dean

Frank Center for Public Affairs, Room 002

Seminar 3: with Elise Springer

Frank Center for Public Affairs, Room 003

1:15 – 2:15 p.m. Lunch

Beckham Hall, Fayerweather

2:30 – 3:45 p.m. Alumni and Faculty Panel—"Building Community in Divided Times"

Moderator: Khalilah Brown Dean

Panelists: Joe Bubman, Pearce Godwin, Rabbi David Teva

Frank Center for Public Affairs, Room 100

3:45 – 4:00 p.m. Break (snacks and drinks)

Frank Center for Public Affairs, Forum

4:00 – 5:00 p.m. Wrap up Talk and Build Together

With Sheila Heen

Frank Center for Public Affairs, Forum