Join Students for Dignity for an info session to learn how you can be part of a new movement to ease divisions, prevent violence, and solve problems in the United States.

 Students for Dignity is a national student led campaign addressing the growing division in our country and on college campuses. We offer a welcoming space where students openly share their perspectives and engage in thoughtful discussions with their peers.

We ground our work in The Dignity Index, an eight-point scale that measures how we treat each other when we disagree. The Dignity Index is founded on the belief that treating others with contempt tears us apart, treating others with dignity can bring us together, and talking about dignity and contempt prompts us to use more dignity and less contempt.

By applying the Dignity Index, we objectively evaluate public and political speech to assess the level of contempt or dignity in campaign messages, fundraising emails, and other political discourse. In doing so, our members actively engage in shaping the political discourse of our nation. Our goal is to create a new incentive where dignity – not contempt – is a winning strategy, and becomes the standard people demand from those who represent them, inform them, and entertain them.

Let’s unite, advocate, and make a difference together.

When: Monday, April 15, 2024 at 5 p.m.

Where: The Harkin Institute Boardroom (2800 University Avenue, Des Moines IA, 50311)

Click here to RSVP. Food will be provided.

— Kathryn Kuckelman, The Harkin Institute