The campus sits at 2201 S Washington St. Refreshments start at 5:15 p.m., with live music from the AC Music Department, and the event wraps up at 7:30 p.m.
Amarillo College says the discussion will explore obedience, dissent, civic responsibility and the choices people make when their convictions collide with laws, institutions and society. Five faculty and staff from Amarillo College and West Texas A&M University will guide it.
Stefanie Decker, Ph.D., is an associate professor of history at AC, and Aaron Faver is an assistant professor of government and politics there. Laura J. Mueller, Ph.D., an assistant professor of philosophy, represents West Texas A&M. Walter Adams, a student learning licensure specialist in Nursing & Health Sciences, and Sarah Uselding, a criminal justice coordinator and assistant professor, complete the panel.
"The Chautauqua series gives an opportunity to slow down and have real conversations about questions that don't always have simple answers," said Dr. Robert Fulton, Chautauqua coordinator and associate professor of humanities.
Organizers say admission is free and open to the public, so anyone can walk in. For people willing to make the trip to Amarillo, it is a rare room where a historian, a philosopher and a criminal justice professor talk through the same question: what do you do when your conscience and the law disagree?