{"id":11359,"date":"2013-04-18T18:25:30","date_gmt":"2013-04-18T22:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/?p=11359"},"modified":"2013-04-18T18:25:39","modified_gmt":"2013-04-18T22:25:39","slug":"frontiers-of-democracy-2013-innovations-in-civic-practice-theory-and-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/?p=11359","title":{"rendered":"Frontiers of Democracy 2013: Innovations in Civic Practice, Theory, and Education"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0July 18-20, 2013, Medford, MA<\/p>\n

Conference Framing and Session Formats<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Both in the US and around the world we find ourselves in a dramatic period of civic awakening. We know this work and ideas under different names: public engagement, deliberative and participatory democracy, collaborative governance, educating for democracy and civic learning, public work, building social capital, and strengthening democracy. We promote it using diverse means; we think about it in diverse ways.<\/p>\n

With a civic awakening all around us, in US, in the Arab world, in Russia and Burma, in India, Greece, Spain and Hungary, in many countries in Africa and Latin America, it is a good time to rethink what we have been doing and to formulate how it fits into and contributes to this larger effort. At this year\u2019s Frontiers of Democracy conference, we considered a wide picture of work and ideas that support and promote civic vitality.<\/p>\n

Frontiers of Democracy<\/em> is sponsored by the Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service<\/a> at Tufts University, the Democracy Imperative<\/a>, and the Deliberative Democracy Consortium<\/a>.<\/p>\n

You can register for the conference here<\/a>. If you just want to add your name to the \u201cFrontiers\u201d email list for very occasional updates, you may enter your information here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This year, the Center for Engaged Democrac<\/a>y is joining with Frontiers<\/em> to offer its fourth annual conference on the\u00a0Future of Community Engagement in Higher Ed<\/em>ucation<\/em><\/a> \u2013 from 5:00 pm on Wednesday, July 17 to 4:00 pm on Thursday, July 18, immediately prior to the start of Frontiers of Democracy<\/em>. We encourage attendees to take advantage of this opportunity to learn more about developing academic programs focused on civic engagement, Core Competencies in Civic Engagement<\/a>, and on-line civic engagement.\u00a0 To learn more about and see the agenda for The Future of Community Engagement in Higher Education, <\/em>click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Members of the\u00a0National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation<\/a> are invited to join NCDD\u2019s director and several Board members for an informal afternoon meet-up on Thursday, July 18, from 1:00 to 4:00 pm, also immediately before Frontiers<\/em> begins. \u00a0Network, talk about the New England region\u2019s most exciting D&D projects, and explore what is and can be done to strengthen the region\u2019s civic infrastructure.\u00a0 To register, please visit this page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In this 4th year of the Frontiers of Democracy<\/em> conference, we have once again worked to design a program responsive to the times and to the interests of participants. This year\u2019s conference offers four kinds of sessions:<\/p>\n