Innovations in Civic Practice, Theory, and Education

July 19-21, 2012, Boston, MA
With a civic awakening taking place in many countries around the world, Tisch College recently gathered leading civic practitioners and researchers to explore how civic education contributes to this larger effort. This year’s Frontiers of Democracy conference considered a wide picture of work and ideas that promote civic vitality.

Kristen Cambell, National Conference on Citizenship

Jamila Raqib, Albert Einstein Institution

Amii Omara Otunnu, UNESCO Human Rights Chair

Opening Plenary

Brad Lander, New York City Council

Valerie Lemmie, former city manager of Cincinnati, Ohio, and current district director for U.S. Rep. Mike Turner

Meira Levinson, Harvard Graduate School of Education

Cecilia Orphan, University of Pennsylvania

Peter Kiang, University of Massachusetts – Boston

Archon Fung, Harvard/Kennedy School of Government

Eric Gordon, Engagement Game Lab

Lew Friedland, University of Wisconsin

Martha McCoy, Everyday Democracy

Luz Santana, Right Question Project

Eric Liu, Guiding Lights Network