The Senior College in the Community program at the Auburn Public Library plans to feature Bill Frayer’s discussion of Elif Shafak’s Ted Talk, “The Revolutionary Power of Diverse Thought,” at 2 p.m. Thursday, April 13.
The free program will be held in the library’s Androscoggin Room on the ground floor at 49 Spring St.
“From populist demagogues we learn the indispensability of democracy. From isolationists we learn the need for global solidarity. And from tribalists we will learn the beauty of cosmopolitanism,” says novelist Shafak, according to a news release from Susan Brown, public relations with the Senior College.
A native of Turkey, Shafak has experienced firsthand the devastation that a loss of diversity can bring, and she knows the revolutionary power of plurality in response to authoritarianism. In this personal talk she reminds one that there are no binaries in politics, emotions and ones identities.
“One should never, ever remain silent for fear of complexity,” Shafak says.
Frayer is a long-time Senior College instructor. He has an English degree from Brown University and an adult education degree from the University of Southern Maine. He taught 35 years at Central Maine Community College.
For more information, call the reference desk at 207-333-6640, ext. 4.
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