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SUMMARY:Paweł Adamowicz and the Civic Ethos of Inclusion: Urban Democracy 
 After the Assassination
LOCATION:Encina Commons Room 123\, 615 Crothers Way\, Stanford\, CA 94305
DESCRIPTION:The 2019 assassination of Paweł Adamowicz\, Mayor of Gdańsk\, 
 marked a decisive moment in Poland’s political trajectory\, revealing how
  anti immigrant rhetoric can harden into physical violence. This talk exa
 mines Adamowicz’s death as the culmination of a sustained campaign agains
 t pro integration politics – a campaign directed at him precisely because
  he advanced a vision of national belonging rooted in civic openness rath
 er than ethnonationalism.\n\nAdamowicz’s integration agenda drew on Chris
 tian social teaching\, including papal messages on migration and the Cath
 olic principles embedded in Gdańsk’s Immigrant Integration Model. His app
 roach aligned with Benjamin Barber’s conviction that cities\, rather than
  nation states\, function as democratic bulwarks: pragmatic\, diverse\, a
 nd dependent on newcomers for social and economic vitality. For Barber\, 
 immigrants do not threaten urban cohesion\; they generate it\, bringing s
 kills\, energy\, and civic potential that strengthen cities’ capacity to 
 innovate and govern. Adamowicz’s Christian inflected urban pluralism — gr
 ounded in hospitality\, dignity\, and shared responsibility — thus stood 
 in stark contrast to Poland’s rising illiberal currents.\n\nThis pluralis
 m extended beyond migration. Adamowicz championed LGBTQ+ inclusion throug
 h initiatives such as the Model for Equal Treatment\, municipal anti disc
 rimination programs\, and public support for Gdańsk’s Equality March. The
 se policies articulated a broader ethics of belonging: a city that prote\
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URL:http://next-to-u.app/events/9ebf2814-65ba-4714-8a5c-ef68326d8abf
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