RICH BENJAMIN
\nThe Divided States of America: Big National Transformations\, Small Towns
Sunday\, May 22\, 2022 | 3:00 PM
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Celebrated author\, speaker\, and cultural anthropologist\, Rich Benjamin\, joins Raue Center for a special presentation and moderated Q&\;A discussing his personal experiences engaging with communities in small-town America and his deft observations of modern society\, culture\, and politics with a goal toward building understanding and openness.
\n\n&ldquo\;I believe that adaptation requires openness. It requires a willingness to understand others\, a willingness to understand oneself. And I believe in that willingness comes an openness to change.&rdquo\; \;&ndash\; Rich Benjamin
\n\nDon&rsquo\;t miss this timely discussion with one of America&rsquo\;s finest scholars. Moderated by James Knight. \;
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\nBIOGRAPHY
\nRich \;Benjamin \;is a political analyst\, a cultural anthropologist\, a speaker\, an author. \;Benjamin&rsquo\;s cultural and political analysis appears regularly in The New York Times\, The New Yorker\, The Guardian\, The New York Times Sunday Book Review\, and National Public Radio (NPR). \; His scholarly research has received support from Rockefeller Foundation\, the Ford Foundation\, the Russell Sage Foundation\, Brown University\, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. \;Benjamin \;was recently a Fellow in the literary arts at the Bellagio Center (Italia)\, Rockefeller Foundation. \;Rich \;has a BA in English and political science from Wesleyan University and a Ph.D. in Modern Thought and Literature from Stanford University. He sits on the Board of Trustees of the Authors Guild\, the national union of writers that has been protecting authors&rsquo\; rights and free speech since 1912.
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