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The public is invited.  Admission is free.

The day-long event will feature multiple presentations on a variety of topics, including voting, the prison system, diet and health, the church and higher education.  It will open with a keynote address at 10 a.m., continue with two sets of concurrent breakout sessions at 1 p.m. and 2 p.m., and conclude with an endnote lecture at 3 p.m.  The symposium is being coordinated by the Hope College Student Congress in collaboration with the college亚洲色吧檚 Provost亚洲色吧檚 Office and other campus partners.

The 10 a.m. keynote address, 亚洲色吧淓nchantment: How to Thrive in Polarizing Times,亚洲色吧� will be presented by guest speaker Chloe Valdary in the Concert Hall of the Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts.  Valdary is an American writer, lecturer and developer of Theory of Enchantment, a framework for compassionate antiracism that combines social-emotional learning, character development and interpersonal growth as tools for leadership development for education, business and non-profit organizations around the world.  , the training is based on three principles: treat people like human beings, not political abstractions; criticize to uplift and empower, never to tear down or destroy; and root everything you do in love and compassion.

The presentations at 1 p.m. are:

亚洲色吧淭he Importance of Voting,亚洲色吧� in Cook Auditorium of the De Pree Art Center, presented by The League of Women Voters of Holland Area;

亚洲色吧淩esurrection Featuring the Hope-Western Prison Education Program,亚洲色吧� in Winants Auditorium of Graves Hall, by Dr. Fred Johnson III, who is the Guy Vander Jagt 亚洲色吧�53 Professor of History; and

亚洲色吧淒istorted Wellness: How Media Warps Our Views on Diet and Health,亚洲色吧� in Schaap Auditorium of the Jim and Martie Bultman Student Center, by Dr. Brian Rider, associate professor of kinesiology.

The presentations at 2 p.m. are:

亚洲色吧淢istrust in the Church: Why Are People Leaving Religion,亚洲色吧� in Winants Auditorium of Graves Hall, by Dr. Daryl Van Tongeren, who is a professor of psychology and director of the college亚洲色吧檚 Frost Center for Social Science Research; and

亚洲色吧淩estoring Hope in Higher Education,亚洲色吧� in Schaap Auditorium of the Jim and Martie Bultman Student Center, by Hope College President Matthew A. Scogin.

The endnote lecture at 3 p.m., 亚洲色吧淗ow Practicing Radical Empathy Builds Trust,亚洲色吧� will be presented in the Concert Hall of the Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts by Hope sophomore Elisabeth Bendle and Anna Bonnema, assistant professor of mentoring instruction.

The college亚洲色吧檚 Critical Issues Symposium is held annually to meant to stimulate serious thinking about current issues and to provide a forum for Hope College students, faculty, and staff, along with the broader Holland community, to engage in discussion with experts. The symposium embodies a commitment to open inquiry and civil discourse guided by the highest standards of intellectual integrity.  Hope cancels classes for the day to provide an opportunity for the event.

First held in 1980, the symposium has been coordinated by the college亚洲色吧檚 Student Congress the past three years.  Last year亚洲色吧檚 symposium explored 亚洲色吧淒iscerning Truth in a World of Uncertainty,亚洲色吧� and considered strategies and challenges for sorting fact from fiction in a time of polarization and misinformation.

To inquire about accessibility or if you need accommodations to fully participate in the event, please email accommodations@hope.edu.  Updates related to events are posted when available in the individual listings at hope.edu/calendar.

The Jim and Martie Bultman Student Center is located at 115 E. 12th St., at the center of the Hope campus between College and Columbia avenues along the former 12th Street.  Schaap Auditorium is on the lower level near the building亚洲色吧檚 southwest corner.

The De Pree Art Center and Gallery is located at 275 Columbia Ave., between 10th and 13th streets. Those without a Hope College ID (necessary to gain access to the building) should call 616-395-7500 to visit.

Graves Hall is located at 263 College Ave., between 10th and 12th streets.

The Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts is located at 221 Columbia Ave., between Ninth and 10th streets.