{"id":31479,"date":"2024-04-17T13:29:09","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T17:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/?p=31479"},"modified":"2024-04-17T13:29:11","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T17:29:11","slug":"frontiers-of-democracy-conference-the-emerging-agenda-and-logistics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/?p=31479","title":{"rendered":"Frontiers of Democracy Conference: The Emerging Agenda and Logistics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tischcollege.tufts.edu\/news-events\/conferences\/frontiers-democracy\">Frontiers of Democracy<\/a> is an annual conference hosted by the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University since 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please hold the dates for this summer\u2019s conference (June 13-15),&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/frontiers-of-democracy-conference-2024-tickets-791162236547?aff=oddtdtcreator\">register and purchase tickets<\/a>, and consider&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/forms.monday.com\/forms\/6a4380aec7249234db3628f4b04e7b96?r=use1\">proposing one or more sessions<\/a>&nbsp;for the conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The deadline for session proposals was April 16, and we received many strong proposals, but we can still <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.monday.com\/forms\/6a4380aec7249234db3628f4b04e7b96?r=use1\">accept proposals<\/a> by April 22 at midnight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On this year\u2019s agenda so far:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>An opening plenary panel about nonviolence with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kettering.org\/staff\/damien-conners-senior-program-officer-for-defending-inclusive-democracy\/\">Damien Conners<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.faithinpubliclife.org\/profiles\/heather-cronk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Heather Cronk<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/religiousstudies.as.virginia.edu\/jalane-schmidt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jalene Schmidt<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/horizonsproject.us\/team\/maria-j-stephan\/\">Maria Stephan<\/a>,\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.risd.edu\/academics\/history-philosophy-and-social-sciences\/faculty\/thupten-tendhar\">Thupten Tendhar<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>An interactive plenary session on &#8220;Prime Time Propaganda: Using Narrative, Dialogue, and Facilitation Techniques to Confront Violent Forms of Communication\u201d with Jessie Landerman and Keisha E. McKenzie from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/everyday-democracy.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Everyday Democracy<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Presentations based on new books: Adam Seth Levine on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Collaborate-Now-Expertise-Becomes-Useful\/dp\/100941187X\">Collaborate Now!<\/a> and Samantha Majic on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Lights-Camera-Feminism-Celebrities-Anti-trafficking\/dp\/0520384903\">Lights, Camera, Feminism?: Celebrities and Anti-trafficking Politics<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Many concurrent interactive discussions or trainings, including sessions that introduce Baha&#8217;i and Buddhist approaches, efforts to lower the voting age and pass Equal Rights Amendments, community responses to violent incidents, democracy in schools and colleges, media training, and various specific methods for community conversations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frontiers of Democracy is an annual conference hosted by the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University since 2019. Please hold the dates for this summer\u2019s conference (June 13-15),&nbsp;register and purchase tickets, and consider&nbsp;proposing one or more sessions&nbsp;for the conference. 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