Wednesday, May 14
Project Civil Discourse Kick-Off EVENT with Mike McCurry, political strategist and communications expert, and former Press Secretary to President Bill Clinton discusses "Improving Political Discourse in the Media." Free event. Reception at 5:30, presentation at 6:30. Virginia G. Piper Auditorium, 7th Street and Van Buren. Free parking off 7th Street, north of Van Buren. RSVP to 602-257-0335. Click here to learn more.
More May Events...
Friday, May 16, 5:30-7:00 PM: Third Friday PCD Speaker/Discussion Series at the Ellis-Shackelford House, "Good Fences Make Good Neighbors: Walls, Boundaries, Lines in the Sand, and a Yankee Poet" with Dick George. Click here to learn more.
Thursday, May 22, 7:00 PM: Burton Barr Public Library, Phoenix. "Exploiting Racial Fears in American Politics" with Dr. Matthew Whitaker, an Associate Professor of History at ASU. Dr. Whitaker will examine the history of America's inability to sufficiently engage the history and life of race and racism. He will demonstrate that the tendency to exploit racial fears (otherwise known as the "Southern strategy") has been a fundamental organizing principle of American politics, and examine how Barack Obama's presidential candidacy has impacted this historic mindset. Free event. No RSVP necessary. Click here to learn more.
Take the Pledge!
AHC invites organizations and individuals to take part in Project Civil Discourse through signing the Project Civil Discourse pledge, and attending public humanities programs such as Speakers Bureau programs, Community Book Discussions and grant-funded projects.
"I've always said that you can't run a country, a business, an institution, unless the people in charge of running it have a dialogue and discourse between each other."
--John Breaux, Former U.S. Senator from Louisiana (1972-2004)
"The central obstacle to more effective action against our most pressing problems is an unrelenting polarization of American politics that has divided Washington and the country into hostile, even irreconcilable camps."
--Ron Brownstein, author of The Second Civil War: How Extreme Partisanship Has Paralyzed Washington & Polarized America