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March 7, 2023
1:00-2:00 pm ET
Race and Reckoning: Democracy in the Balance
The U.S. emerged from World War I as the most dominant democracy ever—a model for aspiring democracies worldwide. Yet today that democracy seems increasingly fragile—as America struggles with divisions of race, ethnicity, and class; as the very exceptionalism that symbolized our freedom threatens to undermine our most noble aspirations; and as young people wonder whether they will have a democracy left to celebrate.
Join RAD creator and best-selling author Ellis Cose and Dr. Bobby Austin for a virtual conversation and Q&A about the most pressing issues facing American democracy and how civic education and civility can create a better future.
Register to attend this virtual event here.
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March 22, 2023
Race and Reckoning, with Democracy in the Balance
Morgan State University, Baltimore
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March 23, 2023
The Short Life and Curious Death of Free Speech in America
Critically acclaimed journalist and bestselling author Ellis Cose joins the First Amendment Museum for a discussion focused on his book The Short Life and Curious Death of Free Speech in America, which explores our right to free speech in America and how that right is crumbling under the combined weight of technology, polarization, money, and systematized lying.
Register to attend this virtual event here.
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Other upcoming events
Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA
Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA
University of Miami, Miami, FL
Florida A&M, Tallahassee, FL
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Recent Events
February 23, 2023
“Race and Reckoning, with Democracy in the Balance”
University of California, Santa Barbara with the Capps Center
February 28, 2023
“Race and Reckoning, with Democracy in the Balance”
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
March 1, 2023
Ralph Bunche Center, UCLA
On June 30, 2022 we held our second Democracy Dialogue, “Free Speech and Hate Speech: How Much Can We Take?”
In an age where hate has gone viral and virtual forums inspire mass killings, can the First Amendment still be viewed in the benign light of the past? How can we manage the unintended consequences of free speech? Is speech an issue society must readdress? Given the politics of the moment and ever-expanding role of the internet, what is the principled position when it comes to speech?
The panel offered a searching and provocative exploration of where the debate over free speech debate stands today, and where it should be going.
Speakers
Martin Garbus, renowned constitutional lawyer whose clients have ranged from Lenny Bruce and Andrei Sakharov to the Public Broadcasting System and Great Britain’s Channel 4
Cathy Buerger, Director of Research, Dangerous Speech Project
Ben Holden, Professor of Journalism, with research and teaching emphasis on the First Amendment, Northwestern University
Emerson Sykes, Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project
Moderator
Ellis Cose, Director, Renewing American Democracy project, and author of The Short Life and Curious Death of Free Speech in America
On March 30, 2022 we held our inaugural Democracy Dialogue with US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on civics, young people, and the future of American democracy
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October 21, 2021
11:15am - 12:00pm
Conference on Leadership and Service, Roosevelt School and Global Service Institute
Long Island University, Post Campus
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November 3, 2021
5:00 - 6:00pm
Listening event at Kumble Theater
Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus
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November 10, 2021
5:30 - 6:30pm
Listening event at Pinkerton Clubhouse
Madison Square Boys & Girls Club, Harlem, New York
Renewing American Democracy’s first listening event at the Kumble Theater on Long Island University's Brooklyn Campus.
LIU students Vladimir Tobar, Shivani Vaidya and Abdullah Akl spoke about what democracy means to them, the most critical pathways forward, and how to improve civic participation among young people in America.
LIU student Shivani Vaidya
LIU student Vladimir Tobar
LIU students Shivani Vaidya and Abdullah Akl
The event was attended by students from across LIU's two campuses.