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Monday October 4, 2021

Morning Session

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• Welcome

  • Rep. Raja Kristnamoorthi, Illinois 8th District

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• “Becoming American: Activating Your Citizenship”

  • Dr. Ravi Perry

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• “A Better America from the Perspective of a New Generation of  Americans”

  • Hila Hanif

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• “Citizen-driven, Not Dollar-driven Government: Engaging Young People”

  • Dr. Kendra Stewart

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• Panel of Perry, Hanif, Stewart, and audience / live-stream questioners

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Afternoon Session

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• “Operationalizing Racial Justice”

  • Dr. Aletha Maybank

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• Panel of Maybank, Woolf, and audience / live-stream questioners

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• “The Decline in US Health and Possible Solutions”

  • Dr. Steven Woolf

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Tuesday October 5, 2021

Morning Session

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• “The Future of Food: Reconnecting with Nature”

  • Dr. Sabine O’Hara

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• “Feeding Democracy: Building a Future of Resilient Farms, People and Communities”

  • Gayle Olson

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• “How Our Diets Can Impact Climate and Health”

  • Seth Goldman

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• Panel of O’Hara, Olson, and Goldman, and audience / live-stream questioners

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Afternoon Session

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• “Revisioning ‘Slavery’s University’ in the New South”

  • Klarke Stricklen

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• “Democracy’s Potential: The Public Library”

  • Richard Reyes-Gavilan

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• Panel of Stricklen, Reyes-Gavilan, and audience / live-stream questioners

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Wednesday October 6, 2021

Morning Session

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• “Confronting Hate in Visioning a Better America – Myths and Facts in Dehumanizing and Rehumanizing Refugees"

  • Dr. Georgette Bennett

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• “The Heart of Peacebuilding: Citizens”

  • Ambassador Frederick Barton

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• “Nuclear Weapons and Our Ideal Future”

  • Winslow Myers

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Afternoon Session

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• “Energy, Climate, and the Future of American Security”

  • Dr. Thor Hogan

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• Panel of Bennett, Myers, Barton, and Hogan and audience / live-stream questioners

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• “Why Allyship? Building Up Communities”

  • Davidica Little Spotted Horse

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• Panel of Little Spotted Horse, Myers and audience / live-stream questioners

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Thursday October 7, 2021

Morning Session

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• “Innovation in Education: Creating a Seamless School to College, to Career Pipeline”

  • Stanley Litow

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• “The Pursuit of Happiness”

  • Dr. Michael Maccoby

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• “Challenges and the Ideal Future of Public Education”

  • President Randi Weingarten

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• Panel of Litow, Maccoby and Weingarten, and audience / live-stream questioners

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Afternoon Session

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• “How could We (the People) Speak Better and be Better Heard?”

  • Professor Lawrence Lessig

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• “The Future of Public Service and Effective Government”

  • President Thomas Ross

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• Panel of Lessig and Ross, and audience / live-stream questioners

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Friday October 8, 2021

Morning Session

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• "Small Business Sustainability in a Stakeholder-Driven Future”

  • Stephanie Wilkinson

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• “Historical Barriers to the Ballot Box: Past, Present, and the Work of Fixing It”

  • Celina Stewart

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• Panel of Wilkerson, Stewart, and audience / live-stream questioners

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Afternoon Session

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• “What ‘We The People’ Now Know: A Clearer Path toward a New Social Contract”

  • Myra Jackson

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• “System-Wide Change in the Era Ahead”

  • Dr. Gar Alperovitz

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• “Conference Summary: Our American Home and Interdependency”

  • Dr. Richard Margolies

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We very much appreciate the assistance of Representative Jamie Raskin, Maryland 8th District, and his staff for securing a room in Congress for the Visioning a Better America conference.​