Watch “For Democracy’s Future: Education Reclaims Our Civic Mission” Live from the White House and Join the Conversation
Posted: January 9, 2012 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: American Commonweatlh Parntership, civic learning, Civic Mission, Democracy, Higher Education, White House Leave a comment »On January 10th 2012, at the White House, a group of higher education and civic leaders with government officials will launch a year of activities to revitalize the democratic purposes and civic mission of American education.
The event is called: “For Democracy’s Future: Education Reclaims Our Civic Mission.” The Department of Education and the American Commonwealth Partnership (ACP) have joined with the Association of American Colleges and Universities, whose major report to the nation, “A Crucible Moment: Civic Learning and Democracy’s Future”, will also be released on that date.
“For Democracy’s Future seeks to change the long term dynamic that has led to an ‘ivory tower’ culture in many colleges and universities,” said Harry Boyte, chair of the ACP and Director of the Center for Democracy and citizenship at Augsburg College. “In a time of mounting challenges, the nation, and our local communities, cannot afford to have higher education on the sidelines. It needs to be back in the middle of problem solving and helping to lead a rebirth of citizenship,” he said.
The January 10th event will be streamed live at the White House ( http://www.whitehouse.gov/live. ) Viewers are invited to host their own discussions during the afternoon breakout session. Below, please find the event’s program and the discussion guide, for those groups and individuals wishing to watch the event and engage in dialogue similar to those discussions taking place in the untelevised breakout sessions.
WHAT: For Democracy’s Future: Education Reclaims Our Civic Mission
WHEN: Tuesday, January 10, 2012
TIME: 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM EST (Streaming will be interrupted from approximately 4:00pm EST to 5:30pm EST to accommodate live breakout discussions at the event. Those watching the live stream are encouraged to concurrently participate in discussions using the attached “Discussion Guide” during the break.)
WHERE: www.WhiteHouse.gov/live
RSVP: Email CivicLearning@ed.gov with “Live Stream” in the subject to let us know you’ll view the event online, or with “Satellite Event” in the subject if you will host a viewing session for others.
DemocracyU is proud to lead ACP’s social media campaign. We will be posting event’s updates throughout the day on our Facebook and Twitter pages and invite everyone to participate in the on-going discussion to promote higher education’s civic mission.
For more information, please contact Karina Cherfas at kcherfas@gmail.com.
http://civicyouth.org/democracyu
