Keynote Panel on Civility and Political Discourse

This panel was convened at the 66th Annual National Conference on Citizenship on September 22, 2011 in Phoenix, Arizona by NCoC and the Bipartisan Policy Center.

This discussion brought together federal, state and local level politicians, members of the media, civic leaders and business/social innovators for a frank discussion about the rise of political incivility, the qualities of successful civic leadership, historical bipartisan accomplishments, and the solutions needed to improve a political environment widely seen as beset by gridlock.

Featured speakers were Former Senator Robert Bennett (R-UT); Aaron Brown, PBS (formerly CNN and ABC); Sally Rider, National Institute for Civic Discourse; Ted Simons, KAET-TV's HORIZON; and Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ 15).

This panel was convened by NCoC and BPC and held in the Cronkite Digital Media Center at ASU. The 66th Annual National Conference on Citizenship was a collaboration between the Center for the Future of Arizona and NCoC, and was made possible with generous support from the Bipartisan Policy Center, the Case Foundation, and Clearwire.

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I am truly in awe of this video. It's been something dominating my mind every time I turn on the news and hear people speak. On my youtube page I excessivly stress civility and respect as I have chosen to participate in our national discussion. In my short experience with this I have chosen instead to begin again only focusing on respect and civility as it seems to be so much more important than politics. If we can't hear one another why speak? Thank you for providing a reference for me to begin