Event

The Practice of Democratic Citizenship

Dec 4, 2018 |
Washington, D.C.
Event details

Hosted by the Washington, D.C. Program Committee

Time
8:00 am
Location

The Cosmos Club, Crentz Room

2121 Massachusetts Ave NW

Washington, DC 20008

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This roundtable discussion centered on the Academy’s newly launched Commission on the Practice of Democratic Citizenship, which is charged with developing a plan of action for promoting the values, behaviors, and skills needed for effective citizenship and civic participation in a 21st-century democracy. At this meeting, commission cochairs Danielle Allen (Harvard University) and Stephen Heintz (Rockefeller Brothers Fund) described the work underway and invited feedback from members.

Featuring

Speaker

Danielle Allen

Cochair, Commission on the Practice of Democratic Citizenship
Academy Member
Speaker

Stephen B. Heintz

Cochair, Commission on the Practice of Democratic Citizenship
Academy Member
Welcome

Steven Knapp

Chair, Washington, D.C. Program Committee
Academy Member

Related

Project

Commission on the Practice of Democratic Citizenship

The bipartisan Commission issued Our Common Purpose: Reinventing American Democracy for the 21st Century to both strengthen institutions and bolster civil society. Work is underway to advance initiatives rooted in that report that will help make the nation emerge as a more resilient democracy by 2026, the nation’s 250th anniversary.

Chairs
Danielle Allen, Stephen B. Heintz, and Eric P. Liu
Democracy & Justice
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