Can We Talk? Opening Remarks and Public Panel

"Can We Talk? A Conversation about Civility and Democracy in America" is an interactive, interdisciplinary forum that puts scholars from a range of disciplines in dialogue with one another and with policy advocates, journalists, social commentators, and members of the public in an effort to identify the key issues surrounding the concepts of dissent and civility and set them in a historical and cultural perspective. This program features opening remarks by Jim Leach, Chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities, and Alison Young, Vice President of Public Engagement, National Constitution Center. Panelists include Keli A. Carender, political activist and blogger; David Eisner, President & CEO, National Constitution Center; Lee Hamilton, former U.S. Representative (D-IN); Director, Center on Congress at Indiana University; John G. Palfrey, Jr., Henry N. Ess III Professor of Law; Vice Dean, Library and Information Resources; Faculty Co-Director, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard Law School.

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