04/12/2024 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm – LSC University Ballroom 1 – 2 pm Robert Putnam is the retired Malkin Research Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University. He has received numerous awards for his teaching and research, including the National Humanities Medal in 2013. He is the author of 15 books, including Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community, among […]
04/12/2024 @ 9:00 am – 12:30 pm – Visit with on-campus and off-campus organizations who work on different elements of democracy and find out how you can get involved. LSC Never No Summer 9 am – 12:30 pm
04/12/2024 @ 9:00 am – 10:45 am – LSC University Ballroom 9-10:45 am From the Movement Strategy Center, Rosa González will lead 60 people in practices to reclaim citizenship. Free and open to the public. RSVP required. RSVP at https://col.st/dIIQn
04/11/2024 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Lessons and Legacies of the Civil War for American Democracy with Dr. Jeremi Suri Lyric Cinema 7 – 9 pm Dr. Jeremi Suri, author of Civil War By Other Means, will explore the enduring political divisions, racial strife, and insurgent violence that followed from events after Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. Exploring this history helps us to […]
04/11/2024 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm – The Lyric Cinema 5 – 7 pm Dr. Robert Putnam coined the phrase “social capital.” This documentary covers the ways in which our country is declining in our social capital because we join organizations less than we used to. Based on Putnam’s book, Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community. Reception after film. 6:45 […]
04/11/2024 @ 11:00 am – 3:30 pm – Join us for learning and conversation about a variety of topics related to democracy. Panelists are CSU faculty and staff. Pick one panel each hour. LSC 372-390 11 am – 3:30 pm Choose from one of three panels during each time slot. 11 am – 12:15 pm Engaging Rural Voices in Democracy (LSC 372-374) Democracy […]
04/11/2024 @ 11:00 am – 3:00 pm –
Short, facilitated processes focused on mini-dialogues about a variety of issues and civic-skill building exercises. New discussions will start every 15 minutes from 11am to 3pm
04/10/2024 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm – In 1861, the U.S. Congress carved Colorado’s boundaries representing no river, mountain range, tribe, or language group to enclose five distinct areas that are now Southern Colorado; Western Colorado; the Eastern Plains; the Front Range along the eastern face of the mountains; and Metropolitan Denver. Each of these regions vastly differs in terms of populations, […]
04/09/2024 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm – LSC Longs Peak Room 11 am – 1 pm Join us for a discussion of democracy with respect to Indigenous governance practices and barriers to political participation encountered by Native Americans. Featuring Allison Nesswood, Navajo attorney in Boulder, Colo. and member of the Native American Rights Fund, and Jordan Dresser from the Wind River Reservation. […]
04/08/2024 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm –
President Amy Parsons is in conversation with W. Kamau Bell, an Emmy and Peabody award-winning stand-up comedian, television host, director, and producer, about race, culture, and democracy. Part of the College of Liberal Arts Democracy Summit.