When: Tuesday, June 9, 2020, 2:00 - 3:15 p.m. EDT
Where: https://www.brookings.edu/events/webinar-strengthening-the-civic-fabric-of-the-nation
What: Civic engagement and service are critical to the well-being of the nation, especially at a time of intersecting crises stemming from institutional racism, economic inequities, and a pandemic. Today, many Americans are eager to contribute to the public good, but are unprepared or simply uncertain about how to get engaged.
Widespread and robust civic education and service from a young age could be a solution to the problem, helping foster an ethos of service, bringing people and communities together, expanding opportunities, and strengthening American democracy. At the same time, the promotion of civics and service learning—starting in elementary school all the way through college—could be a catalyst in making service the norm. Americans would no longer ask one another if they served, but would instead ask where or how they served..
On June 9, the Foreign Policy program and the Center for Universal Education at Brookings will host a webinar to highlight the role of civic education and service in invigorating civic life and in addressing critical domestic and national security challenges. Brookings Senior Fellow Fiona Hill will moderate a conversation between Avril Haines, commissioner at the National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service, Jonathan Koppell, dean of the College of Public Service and Community Solutions at Arizona State University, as well as Brookings Senior Fellows Richard Reeves and Rebecca Winthrop. Questions from the audience will follow the discussion.
Viewers can submit questions via email to events@brookings.edu or on Twitter using #CivicEducation.