SPC & USF students collaborated for two Friday workshops on the need to foster civil and civic dialogue. SPC & USF faculty collaborated to share with students from both institutions the importance of mindful civic conversation. Workshop attendee’s focused on how divisive individual positions often typified by the proverbial “soapbox” can be and how important maintaining the integrity of public discourse.  

Exploration of art , both performance art and multi-media, as a means to foster peaceful and meaningful civic conversation culminated in student developed art that expressed their views. SPC’s professors, Dr. Scott Cooper & Dr. Tara Newsom,as well as USFSP faculty, Dr. Judith Ann Mclauchlin & Ann Aykell contextualized the importance of civil and civic discussion. USFSP Art faculty facilitated the hands on art project.