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<\/p>\n Please save the date<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Obama Administration’s Civic Agenda After Six Months<\/p>\n <\/font><\/p>\n A Public Discussion Convened by the<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship & Public Service<\/p>\n <\/p>\n July 24, 12:00-2 pm, Tufts University<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n "I have no doubt that in the face of impossible odds people who love their country can change it. But I hold no illusions that one man or woman can do this alone. That’s why my campaign has called nearly 400,000 Americans to a common purpose. That’s why I’m reaching out to Democrats, and also to Independents and Republicans. And that is why I won’t just ask for your vote as a candidate; I will ask for your service and your active citizenship <\/span>when I am President of the United =<\/p>\n States. This will not be a call issued in one speech or program; this will be a<\/p>\n central cause of my presidency.<\/span>"<\/p>\n <\/p>\n — Senator Barack Obama, December 5, 2007<\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n What did Barack Obama mean when he named "service and active citizenship" a "central cause of his presidency"? What should that mean? What has the administration done so far to advance that goal? What should be done by the administration and others? How does Obama’s civic agenda look from historical and international perspectives?<\/p>\n To discuss these questions in a public forum:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Alan D. Solomont, <\/span>Keynote Speaker<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Chair, Corporation for National and Community Service<\/span><\/p>\n Harry Boyte<\/span>, <\/p>\n University of Minnesota<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Archon Fung, <\/span>Harvard University<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Marshall Ganz, <\/span>Harvard University<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Peniel Joseph, <\/span>Tufts University<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Peniel Joseph, <\/span>Tufts University<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Carolyn J. Lukensmeyer<\/span>,<\/p>\n AmericaSpeaks<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Carmen Sirianni,<\/p>\n <\/span>Brandeis University<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And others to be named<\/em><\/p>\n This event is the capstone of the first annual Summer Institute of Civic Studies<\/a> at the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship & Public Service. Participants in the Institute–an intensive, 2-week seminar at Tufts–are graduate students and faculty from many disciplines and universities. Each year the Institute will conclude with a public conference on a timely topic related to civic engagement.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n
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