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Monday October 4, 2021
Morning Session
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Welcome
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“Becoming American: Activating Your Citizenship”
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“A Better America from the Perspective of a New Generation of Americans”
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“Citizen-driven, Not Dollar-driven Government: Engaging Young People”
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Panel of Perry, Hanif, Stewart, and audience / live-stream questioners
Afternoon Session
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“Operationalizing Racial Justice”
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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”
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Tuesday October 5, 2021
Morning Session
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“The Future of Food: Reconnecting with Nature”
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“Feeding Democracy: Building a Future of Resilient Farms, People and Communities”
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“How Our Diets Can Impact Climate and Health”
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Panel of O’Hara, Olson, and Goldman, and audience / live-stream questioners
Afternoon Session
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“Revisioning ‘Slavery’s University’ in the New South”
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“Democracy’s Potential: The Public Library”
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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"
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“The Heart of Peacebuilding: Citizens”
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“Nuclear Weapons and Our Ideal Future”
Afternoon Session
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“Energy, Climate, and the Future of American Security”
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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”
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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”
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“The Pursuit of Happiness”
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“Challenges and the Ideal Future of Public Education”
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Panel of Litow, Maccoby and Weingarten, and audience / live-stream questioners
Afternoon Session
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“How could We (the People) Speak Better and be Better Heard?”
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“The Future of Public Service and Effective Government”
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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”
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“Historical Barriers to the Ballot Box: Past, Present, and the Work of Fixing It”
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Panel of Wilkerson, Stewart, and audience / live-stream questioners
Afternoon Session
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“What ‘We The People’ Now Know: A Clearer Path toward a New Social Contract”
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“System-Wide Change in the Era Ahead”
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“Conference Summary: Our American Home and Interdependency”
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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.