2024: Dialogue, Disagreement and Democracy 

From a general election like no other to the high cost of living in Seattle, from heinous wars to mass protest and collective action, 2024 is challenging our ability to engage in thoughtful and reasoned dialogue across disagreement. This autumn quarter, LEAD 298 will help students learn ways to navigate information, forge relationships and have productive conversations.

2024: Dialogue, Disagreement and Democracy will model good faith efforts to bridge across difference and division. How can we stay in relationship with each other even when our ideas collide? How do we weigh evidence and understand complex issues? How do conflicting ideas exist peacefully in our democracy?

Professor Ed Taylor, dean of Undergraduate Academic Affairs, will be in conversation with scholars and community members about important contemporary ideas including misinformation and disinformation, the nature of democracy and the idea of belonging. He will also be in conversation with people who disagree with each other. Students will witness conflict within community and learn how to listen and understand.

Offered online and asynchronously, 2024: Dialogue, Disagreement, and Democracy is open to all undergraduate students. The one-credit class is comprised of weekly videos for students to view, analyze and reflect upon. The ideas of the course will equip students for more productive conversations with their community and family at work, on campus and online.

Register for: LEAD 298 C (SLN: 23876)