3/12 Civic Dialogue Series - Dr. Harry Boyte

Date: March 12th, 2021
Time: 12:00pm-2:00pm
Description: Join this week's Civic Dialogue Series with Dr. Harry Boyte as he speaks on the topic "Awakening Democracy through Public Work." Presented by College of the Canyons.

About Dr. Harry Boyte: Dr. Harry Boyte is a public intellectual, organizer, and theorist of public work and civic engagement. He is Senior Scholar in Public Work Philosophy at Augsburg University, and a cofounder of the new Institute for Public Life and Work. In the 1960s, he was a field secretary for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference headed by Martin Luther King. In 1994 he founded the Center for Democracy and Citizenship at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs and then worked with the White House Domestic Policy Council in the Clinton administration to analyze the gap between citizens and government. Dr. Boyte has authored, coauthored, and edited eleven books on democracy, citizenship, and community organizing, and his work has appeared in more than 150 publications.

Each weekly session of the series is two hours in length, from 12 pm to 2 pm. During the first hour our guest speaker will share their topic and address your questions. This will be followed with a facilitated discussion designed to help you consider how these ideas or models could be practiced on your campus or in your classrooms.

Our schedule of Civic Dialogues, topics, and speakers includes:

• February 26 - Democracy “With” the People - Dr. David Mathews, President and CEO, Kettering Foundation and former U.S. Secretary of Education, Health, and Welfare, Ford Administration
• March 5 - Reclaiming the Democratic Purpose of California’s Public Schools - Dr. John Rogers, Director, Institute for Democracy, Education, and Access (IDEA), University of California, Los Angeles and Dr. Joseph Kahne, Ted and Jo Dutton Presidential Chair in Education Policy and Politics, University of California, Riverside
• March 12 - Awakening Democracy through Public Work - Dr. Harry Boyte, Co-founder of the Institute of Public Life and Work, Augsburg University and Senior Scholar in Public Work Philosophy
• March 19 - Teaching Hope and Reviving Democracy - Dr. Sarah Stitlzein, Professor of Education and Affiliate Professor of Philosophy, University of Cincinnati
• March 26 - How to Promote Democratic Engagement on College Campuses - Dr. Jennifer Domagal-Goldman, Executive Director, All In Campus Democracy Challenge at Civic Nation
• April 2 - Democracy, Civic Engagement, and Citizenship in Higher Education: Reclaiming Our Civic Purpose - Dr. William Flores, Former President of University of Houston- Downtown and Professor of Political Science and Dr. Noel Bezette-Flores, Chief Student Engagement Officer and Associate Dean, Global Campus, San Diego State University