Salons at Stowe: "Walking in My Shoes: How Can We Teach Empathy?" Salon this Thursday (10/24)

Welcome to the conversation!

Welcome to the conversation!

Harriet Beecher Stowe's (1811-1896) best-selling anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852), made her the most famous American woman of the 19th century and galvanized the abolition movement before the Civil War.

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The Salons at Stowe programs are a forum to connect the challenging issues (race, gender and class) that impelled Stowe to write and act with the contemporary face of those same issues. The Salon format is based on a robust level of audience participation, with the explicit goal of promoting civic engagement. Recent topics included: Teaching Acceptance; Is Prison the New Slavery; Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North; Creativity and Change; Race, Gender and Politics Today; How to be an Advocate

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Tuesday, October 22, 2013

"Walking in My Shoes: How Can We Teach Empathy?" Salon this Thursday (10/24)

Negative beliefs about "other" people lead to prejudice and discrimination. What is empathy and how does it differ from tolerance? How can empathy be taught?

Join the Stowe Center this Thursday, October 24 from 5-7pm in the Visitor Center for our October Salon "Walking in My Shoes: How Can We Teach Empathy?" Our featured guests will be Liah Kaminer (Hall High School, Class of 2014), Steve Armstrong (Hall High School faculty) and Julia Rosenblatt (Hartbeat Ensemble).

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In preparation for the Salon, we encourage you to read "West Hartford Student Educates Peers On Anti-Semitism," a July 28, 2013 article in the Hartford Courant by Julie Stagis which talks about Liah Kaminer and her efforts to educate her peers on anti-Semitism, alongside teacher Stephen Armstrong. Liah's work is an excellent example of youth taking action on social issues that are important to them and inspiring others.

1 comment:

edwin rutsch said...: for more on empathy see: Center for Building a Culture of Empathy http://cultureofempathy.com/; October 23, 2013 at 2:15 PM