Event
Building Demand for National Service: New Insights from Public Opinion Research
Jul 17, 2024
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Virtual Event
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, in partnership with California Volunteers, hosted a virtual symposium on national service.
New research was undertaken by the Academy to advance a recommendation in its bipartisan report, Our Common Purpose: Reinventing American Democracy for the 21st Century, to make a year of national service a universal experience for young Americans from diverse backgrounds. The Academy collaborated with America’s Service Commissions and California Volunteers to convene focus groups in California and conduct state and national polling.
This event featured champions of national service and data-driven strategies to increase interest in serving.
Learn more about the initiative to advance national service here.
Featuring
Lisa Garcia Bedolla
Vice Provost for Graduate Studies, Dean of the Graduate Division
Professor of Education, University of California Berkeley
Member, Commission on the Practice of Democratic Citizenship
Goodwin Liu
Associate Justice, Supreme Court of California
Chair, Board of Directors, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Academy Member
Pete Peterson
Dean, School of Public Policy, Pepperdine University
Member, Commission on the Practice of Democratic Citizenship
Betsy Super
Program Director for American Institutions, Society, and the Public Good, American Academy of Arts and Sciences