SOPHIA-MKE hosting World Philosophy Day for Milwaukee

SOPHIA-MKE hosting World Philosophy Day for Milwaukee

Group Provides Tools for Civil Public Discourse with November 15 Event

UNESCO World Philosophy Day 2018 in Milwaukee.

On Thursday, November 15, from 5:00-6:30 PM, the Milwaukee chapter of SOPHIA (the Society of Philosophers in America) will host a local event participating in international celebration of World Philosophy Day - Civility in Disagreement: Promoting Civil Discourse in Times of Conflict.

Three local experts, Andi Sciacca, Kreigh Knerr, and Greg Sadler will lead a series of 20-minute workshops focused on how to disagree civilly and effectively with others. These workshops draw on perennial philosophical resources particularly useful in contemporary situations. We will also have 30 minutes available for general Q&A and discussion.

These workshops and discussions will take place at the Stone Creek Factory Café on 5th Street, in the upstairs Tasting Room. Coffee will be provided for participants. An elevator is also available and there is a stair-lift at the entrance.

The three workshops will be:

• Keeping Your Cool: Understanding and Managing Anger – Greg Sadler

• Workplace Disagreements: Civility on the Job – Andi Sciacca

• Conversation Shift: Knowing the Good from the Bad – Kreigh Knerr

SOPHIA is an organization dedicated to building communities of philosophical conversation. It brings specialists in philosophy together with community members, lifelong learners, teachers and students, to engage in philosophy in public and practical ways. The local chapter of SOPHIA organizes public philosophy events and workshops for the Greater Milwaukee area.

By celebrating World Philosophy Day each year, on the third Thursday of November, UNESCO underlines the

enduring value of philosophy for the development of human thought, for each culture and for each individual.

Andi Sciacca is a process mentor, program developer, and start-up catalyst. She is an advisor to several start-ups, including a team of developers working on an APP for discrete choice analysis. She is also the director of curriculum and program design for The Food Business School, a lean-launch graduate program focused on changing the world through food.

Kreigh Knerr is a former junior high math teacher who runs Knerr Learning Center in Delafield, Wisconsin. He is the author of Tips from the Top: A Tutor to the 1% Reveals His Tricks and creator of the QuotEd educational apps, Kreigh is a leader in the slow reading movement and on the board of advisors for App Ed Review, ‘the leading resource for using educational apps’.

Greg Sadler teaches philosophy for Marquette University and the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design. He is the editor of Stoicism Today and the president of ReasonIO, a company that puts philosophy into practice. His popular YouTube videos on philosophy have over 5 million views, and he appears frequently as an expert guest in radio, podcast, television and other media.