Seminars

We joke about “keeping up with the Joneses” — but there’s real competition in our society for status and the accompanying privilege. How do we decide what we most value that bestows this status? While our country seems to favor wealth, there are other forms of status and privilege. What privilege do each of us enjoy? And how does that correspond with our status? From education to wealth to gender to race, let’s talk about what we have…and what we desire. ● What status do you enjoy? Education, wealth, gender, race, etc? ● What are the privileges of your status? ● What do you value and how is that connected to your status or privilege? ● How does status, or lack of status, affect your sense of personal dignity? How have you noticed it impacting others?

Some would say we are moving into a new dark era of misinformation and acrimony, where factions are no longer able to agree on the relevant facts that might guide us towards meaningful policies and goals. Others point out how polarizing broadsheets and daily newspapers have existed for over 200 years and that propaganda has been used to justify every war in modern history.