How is truth important for a healthy democracy? What are the sources for getting and testing the truth? Where and how do untruths threaten the health of democracy? And what can we do, as a society and as individuals, to meet these challenges? In this series we’ll work together to explore these questions and more in relation to three different areas where truth plays a vital role: the news media, science, and education. This series will be facilitated by members of the Interactivity Foundation.

Please join us for these three interactive small-group conversations to explore truth and democracy. The sessions build on each other.

March 15, 2023 (2:00 pm – 3:15 pm ET): News Media, Truth, and Democracy

• What roles do the news media play in connecting truth and democracy?
• What challenges for truth and democracy come up with different forms of news media, including social media?
• What are different ways for a democratic society to meet these challenges?

March 22, 2023 (2:00 pm – 3:15 pm ET): Science, Truth, and Democracy

• Why is science important for a healthy democracy?
• What challenges for truth and democracy come up in regard to science?
• What are different ways for a democratic society to meet these challenges?

March 29, 2023 (2:00 pm – 3:15 pm ET): Education, Truth, and Democracy

• What are the connections between education, truth, and democracy?
• What challenges for truth and democracy come up in regard to education?
• What are different ways for a democratic society to meet these challenges?

FORMAT

3-event series on Zoom.

SCHEDULE

2:00 PM –3:15 PM ET on Wednesdays: March 15th, 22nd, 29th, 2023