{"id":16474,"date":"2016-03-01T15:31:35","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T20:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/?p=16474"},"modified":"2016-03-01T15:31:35","modified_gmt":"2016-03-01T20:31:35","slug":"register-for-frontiers-of-democracy-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/?p=16474","title":{"rendered":"register for Frontiers of Democracy 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0annual Frontiers of Democracy conference will take place on\u00a0<strong>June 23-25, 2016 at Tufts University\u2019s downtown Boston campus<\/strong>.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/frontiers-of-democracy-conference-2016-tickets-21462687476\">Please use this form to register and hold a place<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We will hear brief, inspiring \u201cshort take\u201d talks from speakers who will include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Danielle Allen, Harvard University, author of <em>Our Declaration: A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of Equality<\/em> (2014)<\/li>\n<li>Laura Grattan, Wellesley College, author of <em>Populism\u2019s Power: Radical Grassroots Democracy in America<\/em> (2016)<\/li>\n<li>Joseph Hoereth, Director of the Institute for Policy and Civic Engagement at the University of Illinois at Chicago<\/li>\n<li>H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Landemore, Yale University, author of <em>Democratic Reason: Politics, Collective Intelligence, and the Rule of the Many<\/em> (2012)<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Frances Moore Lapp\u00e9, Small Planet Institute and author of 18 books including <i>Democracy\u2019s Edge: Choosing to Save Our Country by Bringing Democracy to Life<\/i>,<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Talmon J. Smith, Tufts \u201916, a Huffington Post columnist on political reform<\/li>\n<li>Victor Yang, an organizer for the SEIU<\/li>\n<li>A panel on civic tech with Nigel Jacob (City of Boston), Jesse Littlewood (Common Cause), and Chris Wells (University of Wisconsin)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Most of the time will be\u00a0spent on 90-minute, interactive sessions called \u201clearning exchanges.\u201d We still welcome\u00a0proposals for\u00a0learning exchanges. <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/10_OD3Oi62qIrLkSp641y68VLOJTR-7o-IlI0JRS9iX8\/viewform\">Please use this form to submit ideas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Examples of currently approved learning exchanges include: \u201cUnlocking the Potential of Student Voices,\u201d with Frank LoMonte, director of the Student Press Law Center; \u201cFrom Voice to Influence (Technology as Civic Practice)\u201d with Chaebong Nam and Danielle Allen; \u201cGrowing Your Grassroots Efforts\u201d with iCitizen.com\u2019s Jacel Egan and Alex Shreiner; \u201cSocial Media Legitimacy: From Policy to Neighborhood Action\u201d with James Toscano of Dots Matter\u00a0and Joseph Porcelli of Nextdoor.com; and \u201cOn Building a Living Democracy Movement\u201d with\u00a0Frances Moore Lapp\u00e9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0annual Frontiers of Democracy conference will take place on\u00a0June 23-25, 2016 at Tufts University\u2019s downtown Boston campus.\u00a0Please use this form to register and hold a place. 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