[Michlib-l] Shifting Landscapes: Talking Across the Aisle

[Thomas Trahey]

 Tonight Dr. Brian Harrison, visiting assistant professor of political
science at Carleton College, will present *Communicating Across the
Fence—or the Aisle.* This will be the fifteenth installment of the public
lecture series Shifting Landscapes presented by the Abondia Center and the
Mason County District Library.


Dr. Harrison will focus on effective communication with our political
opponents. How can democracy survive if we can’t even talk to each other?
What is a practical approach to useful conversations on contentious issues?


Dr. Brian F. Harrison earned his Ph.D. at Northwestern University. He has
been a Visiting Assistant Professor at Macalester College and Lecturer at
the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. His
prior affiliations include Northwestern, Yale, NYU, and Wesleyan
Universities; before academia, Brian was a White House appointee for the
Department of Homeland Security. He is Founder and President of Voters for
Equality, an organization encouraging political engagement among LGBTQ
people in the U.S. He has published *LGBTQ Life in America: Examining the
Facts* (ABC-CLIO, 2021, with Melissa Michelson) and 3 books with Oxford
University Press: *A Change is Gonna Come: How to Have Effective Political
Conversations in a Divided America *(2020); *Transforming Prejudice:
Identity, Fear, and Transgender Rights* (2020); and *Listen, We Need to
Talk: How to Change Attitudes about LGBT Rights* (2017). An award-winning
teacher and author, Dr. Harrison’s interests are in American politics,
political communication and political behavior, political psychology,
public opinion, and LGBT rights.


Events are free, live or by Zoom. Tickets are not necessary but
registration is helpful. The live event is held a the Ludington Area Center
for the Arts (LACA) at 107 S Harrison St in downtown Ludington. To
register: mcdl.pub/sl-register. To simply join the Zoom presentation, go to
mcdl.pub/sl-zoom. The link will be live about 6:45 pm on the day of the
presentation. For information check the Mason County District Library
website: mcdlibrary.org.


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Thomas Trahey
Mason County District Library
Head of Circulation
231-843-8465
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