BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Missouri State University/Calendar of Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:88a95299-a67b-4f66-92fc-c54bcba1c2e1.175918@calendar.missouristate.edu CREATED:20170125T222123Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170125T222123Z LOCATION:Plaster Student Union\, Robert W. Ballroom East SUMMARY:Public Affairs Conference - What is the role of civic education in the future of democracy in America DESCRIPTION:A bright spot of last year’s presidential race was the excitem ent generated by our millennial generation for the candidacy of Bernie Sa nders. Many pundits applauded the enthusiasm of this segment of the popul ation that historically has not been enthralled with politics. If the edu cational community chose to cultivate this groundswell of political activ ism by young people\, a resurgence of grassroots democracy\, a welcome “s hot in the arm” to our political system\, might result. What can schools do differently\, or better\, to encourage young people to engage in gover nment and promote their vision of life\, liberty and pursuit of happiness? X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<html><head><title></title></head><body><p><s pan>A bright spot of last year&rsquo\;s presidential race was the excitem ent generated by our millennial generation for the candidacy of Bernie Sa nders. Many pundits applauded the enthusiasm of this segment of the popul ation that historically has not been enthralled with politics. If the edu cational community chose to cultivate this groundswell of political activ ism by young people\, a resurgence of grassroots democracy\, a welcome &l dquo\;shot in the arm&rdquo\; to our political system\, might result. Wha t can schools do differently\, or better\, to encourage young people to e ngage in government and promote their vision of life\, liberty and pursui t of happiness?</span></p></body></html> DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20170405T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20170405T144500 SEQUENCE:0 URL:http://publicaffairs.missouristate.edu/conference/schedule/493/what-is -the-role-of-civic-education-in-the-future-of-democracy-in-america CATEGORIES:Public,Alumni,Current Students,Faculty,Future Students,Staff END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR