Featuring Shannon Smith Jones, Executive Director, Hope Community; Elissa Hansen, President & CEO of Northspan; Peter Lindstrom, Metropolitan Council Member, District 10. Moderated by John Rash, Star Tribune. Recorded on February 11, 2021.

Geography is an important aspect of how citizens identify themselves, and an increasing number of people are finding themselves classified in the media and elsewhere as urban dwellers, out-state, or various other terms representing core identities. People also have created new geographic identities over the past five decades, including the suburbs and exurbs. Hear panelists from a variety of locations discuss how their geography shapes their identity and that of others.

ABOUT THE 2020–2021 SPOTLIGHT SERIES
In an academic year that includes an election, and in an environment in which conversations across different identities and ideologies are becoming increasingly contentious, the purpose of the 2020–2021 Spotlight Series: Polarization and Identities is to create meaningful dialogue about these difficult-but-important topics for our students and community. Presented by the Institute for Advanced Study, Northrop, and the University Honors Program at the University of Minnesota.

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