Our Common Purpose: Reinventing American Democracy for the 21st Century
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English - March 29, 2021 16:12 - 1 hour - 59.1 MBGovernment Education Courses civic engagement elections higher education innovative government polling ash center ballot ccp china cities Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
On Wednesday, March 24th, the Ash Center and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS) hosted a discussion of Our Common Purpose, a report issued by the Commission on the Practice of Democratic Citizenship. The Commission, which was launched by AAAS, spent two years engaging with communities all over the U.S. to explore how best to respond to the weaknesses and vulnerabilities in our political and civic life.
Speakers included:
Danielle Allen, Director of the Safra Center on Ethics, Harvard UniversityStephen Heintz, President, Rockefeller Brothers FundArchon Fung (Moderator), Winthrop Laflin McCormack Professor of Citizenship and Self-Government, Harvard Kennedy SchoolAbout the Ash Center
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