An 'Our Common Purpose' Event

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Upcoming Virtual Event

AMERICAN DEMOCRACY UNDER CONSTRUCTION

June 30, 2021 | 12:00 p.m. EDT

One year ago, the Academy’s cross-partisan Commission on the Practice of Democratic Citizenship released Our Common Purpose: Reinventing American Democracy for the 21st Century. The report ([link removed]) offers 31 recommendations to strengthen American democracy. Some of those ideas are under consideration in Congress and state legislatures across the country. Others are hot topics of debate for journalists, legislators, and voters.

This discussion will highlight the latest advances on the recommendations, including New York City’s first mayoral election using ranked-choice voting, questions about the size of the House of Representatives and redistricting, and President Biden’s Supreme Court commission. These efforts to make American democracy work better are just a few of the topics up for review. Panelists will explain whether these initiatives will work, why they are important, and which proposals might emerge next in the efforts to empower citizens, create more responsive governance, and build a more resilient civic culture.

FEATURING

HAHRIE HAN
Inaugural Director, Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Agora Institute; Professor of Political Science, Johns Hopkins University

WALLACE JEFFERSON
Partner, Alexander Dubose & Jefferson LLP; Retired Chief Justice, Texas Supreme Court

YUVAL LEVIN
Director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies, American Enterprise Institute

NORM ORNSTEIN
Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute; Columnist and Contributing Editor, The Atlantic

JUDY WOODRUFF
Senior Correspondent and Co-Anchor, PBS NewsHour

The conversation will be introduced by DAVID OXTOBY, President of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Event Date: Wednesday, June 30, 2021

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12:00 - 1:15 p.m. Eastern
9:00 - 10:15 a.m. Pacific

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