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Building Demand for National Service: New Insights from Public Opinion Research

Jul 17, 2024 |
Virtual Event
Event details

1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. PDT
4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. EDT

Location

Zoom Videoconference

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The American Çï¿ûÊÓƵ of Arts and Sciences, in partnership with California Volunteers, hosted a virtual symposium on national service. 

New research was undertaken by the Çï¿ûÊÓƵ to advance a recommendation in its bipartisan report, Our Common Purpose: Reinventing American Democracy for the 21st Century, to make a year of national service a universal experience for young Americans from diverse backgrounds. The Çï¿ûÊÓƵ collaborated with America’s Service Commissions and California Volunteers to convene focus groups in California and conduct state and national polling. 

This event featured champions of national service and data-driven strategies to increase interest in serving.

Learn more about the initiative to advance national service here. 

Featuring

Lisa Garcia Bedolla

Vice Provost for Graduate Studies, Dean of the Graduate Division
Professor of Education, University of California Berkeley
Member, Commission on the Practice of Democratic Citizenship

Kristen Bennett

CEO, Service Year Alliance

Kaira Esgate

CEO, America's Service Commissions

Josh Fryday

Chief Service Officer, California Volunteers, Office of the Governor

Goodwin Liu

Associate Justice, Supreme Court of California
Chair, Board of Directors, American Çï¿ûÊÓƵ of Arts and Sciences
Çï¿ûÊÓƵ Member

Doris Matsui

United States Representative
7th District of California

Pete Peterson

Dean, School of Public Policy, Pepperdine University
Member, Commission on the Practice of Democratic Citizenship

Betsy Super

Program Director for American Institutions, Society, and the Public Good, American Çï¿ûÊÓƵ of Arts and Sciences

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Project

Commission on the Practice of Democratic Citizenship

The bipartisan Commission issued Our Common Purpose: Reinventing American Democracy for the 21st Century to both strengthen institutions and bolster civil society. Work is underway to advance initiatives rooted in that report that will help make the nation emerge as a more resilient democracy by 2026, the nation’s 250th anniversary.

Chairs
Danielle Allen, Stephen B. Heintz, and Eric P. Liu
Democracy & Justice
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