{"id":45914,"date":"2023-03-30T18:53:31","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T18:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=45914"},"modified":"2023-05-02T18:34:23","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T18:34:23","slug":"join-us-for-the-red-bench-empathy-for-those-who-differ-from-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2023\/03\/30\/join-us-for-the-red-bench-empathy-for-those-who-differ-from-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Join us for the Red Bench: Empathy for those who differ from us"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2023\/03\/Final-RedBench-Digital-Signage-1920-\u00d7-1080-px-1024x576.png\" alt=\"The Red Bench Dialogue Event\" class=\"wp-image-45915\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2023\/03\/Final-RedBench-Digital-Signage-1920-\u00d7-1080-px-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2023\/03\/Final-RedBench-Digital-Signage-1920-\u00d7-1080-px-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2023\/03\/Final-RedBench-Digital-Signage-1920-\u00d7-1080-px-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2023\/03\/Final-RedBench-Digital-Signage-1920-\u00d7-1080-px-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2023\/03\/Final-RedBench-Digital-Signage-1920-\u00d7-1080-px-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2023\/03\/Final-RedBench-Digital-Signage-1920-\u00d7-1080-px-320x180.png 320w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2023\/03\/Final-RedBench-Digital-Signage-1920-\u00d7-1080-px-1320x743.png 1320w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2023\/03\/Final-RedBench-Digital-Signage-1920-\u00d7-1080-px.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>ACC hosts \u201cThe Red Bench: Conversations that Matter,\u201d a dialogue program designed to improve interfaith understanding and civil discourse in our society, on April 4.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Antonio Ramirez, ACC Department of Philosophy interim chair, will present a talk on the topic of \u201cEmpathy for Those Who Differ From Us.\u201d Trained students will serve as table hosts moderating the dialogue.<\/p>\n<p>The event is a collaboration among Interfaith Action of Central Texas (iACT); ACC\u2019s Office of Experiential Learning; and the college\u2019s Philosophy, Religion, and Humanities Department.<\/p>\n<p>Each iACT Red Bench event is centered around a challenging topic that invites discussion through moderated table conversations by trained volunteers.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>THE RED BENCH: CONVERSATIONS THAT MATTER<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Date:<\/strong> April 4, 2023<\/li>\n<li><strong>Time:<\/strong> 6-8 p.m.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> ACC Eastview Campus, Building 8000, Rm. 8500<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><button><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/red-bench-empathy-for-those-that-differ-from-us-tickets-557260259437\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RSVP Here<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n<p>The event is free and open to ACC students, faculty, staff, and the community. Music will be provided by ACC students. A light vegetarian dinner will be provided.<\/p>\n<p>This event is sponsored by the Teaching &amp; Learning Excellence Division (TLED) and Liberal Arts: Humanities and Communications.<\/p>\n<p>For any questions, please email Linda Cox, Service-Learning Program Coordinator, at lcox@austincc.edu.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ACC hosts \u201cThe Red Bench: Conversations that Matter,\u201d a dialogue program designed to improve interfaith understanding and civil discourse in our society, on April 4.  <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2023\/03\/30\/join-us-for-the-red-bench-empathy-for-those-who-differ-from-us\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3930,"featured_media":45916,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,15,17,19],"tags":[2080,2079,2078],"class_list":["post-45914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-students","category-facstaff-news","category-news-and-announcements","category-students-and-alumni","tag-empathy-for-those-who-differ","tag-open-dialogue","tag-red-bench"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3930"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45914\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}