This summer, we will keep you in the loop with timely educational content related to summer civic holidays, as well as updates on America's Town Hall programs, professional development opportunities, and more.

From Romer to Obergefell and beyond, the Center has the resources you need to continue the constitutional rights conversation throughout the month of June.

Applications for this cohort are due by Friday, July 16. Notifications will be sent in early August and accepted applicants will begin their term as members on September 1.

The National Constitution Center is thrilled to offer two free admission days to mark some of our biggest summer celebrations.

As part of Wawa Welcome America, celebrate the 29th annual Wawa Hoagie Day with the National Constitution Center! Attendees will enjoy free Wawa hoagies on Independence Mall, special programing, and more. Wawa invites all visitors to enjoy free admission at the Center and special programming in honor of Independence Day. 

Sign up to receive your FREE copy of the 2021-2022 Civic Calendar! This year’s calendar is devoted to the separation of powers and the battle among the branches.

Each month features beautifully designed informational graphics exploring topics like the role and responsibilities of each branch of government, how powers are separated among the branches, federalism, and more. In addition to historic birthdays, anniversaries, and constitutional trivia, the calendar also includes the latest information on the Center’s 2021-2022 programs to help you plan your full year of constitutional learning.

Calendars will be mailed in August!

Join us for one of our upcoming America's Town Hall Programs

The National Constitution Center and the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University, as part of their ongoing conversations about how to restore the guardrails of American democracy, present a debate exploring what the people’s role in governing should be. SNF Agora Inaugural Director Hahrie Han, co-author of Prisms of the People: Power and Organizing in 21st Century America, and Daniel McLaughlin, senior writer at National Review Online, discuss the role of citizens in our current representative democracy, and explore the question: Should more power be returned to the American people? Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates. 

This program is presented in partnership with the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University, part of the National Constitution Center’s Restoring the Guardrails of Democracy initiative, and made possible with support from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF).

A week before Independence Day, the National Constitution Center hosts a two-part program exploring the importance of state constitutions. Join a keynote conversation commemorating the 50th anniversary of Virginia’s state constitution—examining the ways in which its rewriting has moved the state and country closer to the Declaration’s promise of “equal justice for all”—with law professor A.E. Dick Howard, former executive director of the commission that wrote Virginia's current constitution. Howard will then join Chief Judge Jeffrey Sutton of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, author of 51 Imperfect Solutions: States and the Making of American Constitutional Law, and Emily Zackin, associate professor and director of Graduate Studies at Johns Hopkins and author of Looking for Rights in All the Wrong Places: Why State Constitutions Contain America’s Positive Rights, to discuss the role of states in defining constitutional rights. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates.

The National Constitution Center's education team is here to help with any of our online resources. Email [email protected] with questions or comments.