Making Democracy Work: A Conference on the Responsibilities of Citizenship in America
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Just in time for the election, the American studies program is sponsoring a conference on a growing crisis in our democracy: Fewer and fewer Americans understand the most urgent issues of the day or how our political system works. And fewer and fewer Americans, particularly young people, get out to the polls and vote.
Who’s to blame? Our educational system? The media? On Saturday, Oct. 23, at the National Constitution Center, “Making Democracy Work: A Conference on the Responsibilities of Citizenship in America” will bring together a group of leading scholars, activists and students to wrestle with those questions. [more]
(at left) Craig Eisendrath, adjunct professor in American studies and a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy in Washington, D.C., co-organized “Making Democracy Work,” a conference examining problems in the American electoral process. Chanel Dennis (near left), an undergraduate Honors student, will be participating in a panel on citizenship education.
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