Advancing Peace in a Fractured World | "What Do We Owe Each Other?" Notre Dame Forum 2024-25
Admiral Christopher W. Grady, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Ambassador Joe Donnelly, Former U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican and Former U.S. Senator, speak on Advancing Peace in a Fractured World in conversation with John McGreevy, the Charles and Jill Fischer Provost at the University of Notre Dame.The September 12, 2024, conversation was part of the 2024-25 Notre Dame Forum that answers the question "What Do We Owe Each Other?"Since its establishment in 2005, each year the Notre Dame Forum invites campus-wide dialogue about issues of importance to the University, the nation, and the larger world. This year’s theme, chosen by Father Dowd, invites reflection on our responsibilities to one another. In a world where ideological and cultural divisions seem to have deepened, the Forum aims to bring people together across differences to face the most pressing challenges of our time.
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