Hot Topics Café

Northern Arizona University’s Philosophy in the Public Interest creates opportunities for guided community conversations about topics as timeless as friendship and as pressing as U.S. immigration policy. These conversations foster mindful listening and respectful dialogue, allowing participants to thoughtfully learn about themselves and the world in which they live.

Hot Topics Café provides an opportunity for civil, rational, compassionate conversations about issues that range from local to global. These discussions allow participants to discuss positions that span the political spectrum, and provide a space for public discourse that improves participants’ understanding of key issues while fostering critical thinking, compassion, tolerance, value analysis, and civility.