Dr. Cynthia Alby
2023 “ALEXA: Can A.I. Serve the Common Good?” Speaker
Previous Event Years
Common Dialogue Day has been a Siena Heights University tradition since 2000. Below are a list of some of the hosts and the years they hosted!
2022 “Brave the Silence”
Dr. Kiki Baker Barnes – Athletic Director, Entrepreneur, and NAIA Commissioner
2021 “Spirit of Change”
Rudy Valdez – Emmy award winning filmmaker
2020 “Seek Truth”
Sr. Helen Prejean – advocate, author River of Fire and Dead Man Walking
2019 “Creating Y(our) Legacy”
Ruth E. Carter – Academy Award Winner, Costume Designer
2018 – “Creativity and Innovation”
Bill Zahn – Pixar Animation Studios
Mary Ellen Vicksta – Author of Looking Around: Improving Your Observational Skills
2017 – “The Common Good”
Amer Zahr – Comedian & Professor at University of Detroit Mercy School of Law
2016 – “Authenticity”
Mary Alice Stephenson – Founder of GLAM4GOOD; Fashion & Beauty Expert
2015 – “It Starts with Justice”
Bryan Stevenson – Author of Just Mercy, founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative.
2014 – “Get Some Perspective”
Justin Shubow – President of National Civic Art Society
2012 – “The Common Good”
Mackenzie Kambizi – Author; Pastor at Seventh-day Adventist
2011 – “Relationships”
Maggie Riggins – Host of “In God We Trust”
2009 – “Character of Champions”
Rob Miller – Director of NAIA’s Champions of Character
2008 – “Peacebuilding”
Jim Ziolkowski – Founder & CEO of Building With Books