Our Common Purpose Champion Service Year Alliance Releases National Poll Data
** Announcements
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** Our Common Purpose Champion Service Year Alliance Releases National Poll Data
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New polling data released in late January by the Serve America Together ([link removed]) campaign show that a majority of Americans support President Biden’s focus on healing the nation and believe an expansion of civilian national service opportunities for young Americans can help accomplish that goal. President Biden’s inaugural speech focused on the importance of national unity, that we never fail when we act together. More than three-quarters of respondents to the poll said they support Congress passing legislation that would expand national service opportunities, such as AmeriCorps and the Peace Corps. Read the full press release here ([link removed]) .
** National Humanities Alliance Signs on as Our Common Purpose Champion
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We are proud to announce that the National Humanities Alliance - a nationwide coalition of organizations advocating for humanities education, research, and programming - has signed on to be a champion for Our Common Purpose. In a recently released statement, the organization wrote: "The National Humanities Alliance and the American Academy of Arts & Sciences share the belief that humanistic knowledge, research, and teaching are needed to heal factionalism and redress inequality in the United States." Read the full statement here ([link removed]) .
** Upcoming Events
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** Case Western Reserve University Presents:
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** Overcoming American Tribalism: Healing America through Common Purpose
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Tuesday, February 16 from 12:00-1:00pm EST
The event will feature Reuben E. Brigety II, the 17th vice-chancellor and president of the University of the South and former U.S. ambassador to the African Union. Dr. Brigety will examine how universities, civil society, and private citizens can develop constructive civic habits in these fractured times. His talk will borrow heavily from his new work around applying leadership lessons from the realm of diplomacy into our collective civic dialogue. The event will be followed by an interactive Q&A session.
This session will be moderated by Case Western Provost and Executive Vice President Ben Vinson III and Jonathan H. Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law.
Register Here ([link removed])
** The Chicago Community Trust and the American Academy of Arts & Sciences Present:
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** A Virtual Conversation with Danielle Allen
and Eric Liu:
American Democracy and Civic Participation in 2021
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Tuesday, February 23 from 2:00-3:00pm EST/1:00-2:00pm CST
The American public’s trust in government is at an all-time low. Political partisanship, a disrupted media environment, and economic inequality weaken our faith in the system. Meanwhile, money in politics, barriers to voting, and distorted representation in Washington amplify the voices of a select few at the expense of others. In the last Presidential election, claims of election fraud led to a violent attack on the U.S. Capitol, threatening the peaceful transfer of power.
Despite all of this, many Americans still believe that a healthy democracy with responsive political institutions can be achieved.
Join Chicago Community Trust President & CEO Helene Gayle in conversation with Danielle Allen, the James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University and Director of Harvard’s Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, and Eric Liu, Cofounder and CEO of Citizen University, two cochairs of the Commission on the Practice of Democratic Citizenship. American Academy of Arts & Sciences President David Oxtoby will provide opening remarks.
To attend, please RSVP to
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** McCourtney Institute for Democracy Presents:
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** Danielle Allen: Our Common Purpose, Reinventing American Democracy for the 21st Century
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Thursday, February 25 from 4:00-5:00pm EST/1:00-2:00pm PST
We are in an age of globalization, centralized power, economic inequality, demographic shifts, political polarization, pandemics, climate change, and radical disruption in media and information environments. We face these converging trends in a constitutional democracy that feels increasingly unresponsive, nonadaptive, and even antiquated to many people.
Commission cochair Danielle Allen will present the Our Common Purpose report and explain how to make the United States a stronger, more equitable democracy.
Learn More Here ([link removed])
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