UAA Democracy & Civic Action Week

UAA CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & LEARNING

Democracy & INVITES YOU TO PARTICIPATE IN

Civic Action Week

September 17 ? 25, 2018 All events are free and open to the public

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH: CONSTITUTION DAY

Read a Line, Get a Vine Coalition for Democracy & Civic Action

Cuddy Quad, 12-3pm

14th Annual Constitution Day Chartwell Lecture

Birthright Citizenship and Administrative Law: Did an Unelected Bureaucrat Alter the

Distribution of Copies of the U.S. Constitution

Meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment's Citizenship Clause?

Coalition for Democracy & Civic Action

Dr. John C. Eastman, Chapman University

Cuddy Quad, 12-3pm

Presented by the Dept. of Political Science and Union League of Anchorage

Made possible by support from the Jack Miller Center for Teaching America's Founding Principles and History through a grant from the M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust

Consortium Library rm. 307, 7:30-9pm

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18TH

Citizenship Quiz Game School of Social Work &

Department of Communication Student Union, 1-3pm

Pizza & the Press: A Conversation with Local Journalists The Northern Light

Student Union Cafeteria, 3-4pm

Know Your Rights Presented by the Latino Student

Union & ACLU of Alaska Rasmuson Hall rm. 110, 6-8pm

Thwarting Democracy: The Ebb and Flow of Voting Rights in America

Dr. Ian Hartman, Department of History Consortium Library 307, 6-7:30pm

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH

James Madison Cup Competition Presented by the Political Science

Association and Pi Sigma Alpha SSB 119, 6:30-9pm

Theatre as a Means of Promoting Social and Political Change: An Interactive Workshop

Using Boal's Techniques for Community Engagement Dr. Brian Cook, Theatre Department ARTS 129, 12-3pm

(Space limited, please register at DCAWeek-RSVP)

Compulsory Citizenship: An Ethics Bowl Debate and Discussion of Mandatory Voting

Dr. Stephanie Bauer, UAA Ethics Center & Philosophy Club Student Union: The Den, 6-7:30pm

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20TH

Think Tank: How Can We Safely Reduce the U.S. Prison Population? Coalition for Democracy & Civic Action & ACLU of Alaska

Consortium Library rm. 307, 11:30am-12:45pm

How to Start the Plastic Free Challenge: A Civic Action Plan

Herminia Din, Department of Art Student Union: South Cafeteria, 3-4:30pm

Debate: "Youth Votes Should Be Weighted to Count More Than Votes Cast by Elderly Citizens." Seawolf Debate Program Gorsuch Commons rm. 107, 7-8pm

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21ST

Naturalization Ceremony & Reception Presented by U.S. Immigration, League of Women Voters of Anchorage

Wendy Williamson Auditorium, 11am-1pm

Documentary & Panel: This Changes Everything Moderator: Dr. Ian Hartman, Department of History Panelists: Dr. Mei Mei Evans, APU Dr. Alex James, UAA Dr. Shannon Donovan, UAA

UAA/APU Books of the Year SSB 118, 5-8pm

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22ND

Voting Stories Campus Vote Project UAA, Dialogues for Public Life, & Loussac Public Library

Loussac Public Library Learning Commons, 10:30am-12pm

Civics Fair Coalition for Democracy & Civic Action, Loussac Public Library, & Welcoming Anchorage

Loussac Public Library Atrium, 12-3pm

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24TH

Voting Stories Dialogues for Public Life, Campus Vote Project UAA, &

Multicultural Center Multicultural Center, Rasmuson Hall rm 106, 4-5:30pm

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH: NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION DAY

Voter Registration Multicultural Center & Campus

Vote Project UAA

Rasmuson Hall Lobby, 11:30am-4pm

Closing Celebration & Reception Keynote Address: Creating a Culture of Democracy on Campus: What's Your Role?

Dr. Jennifer Domagal-Goldman Essay Contest Awards

Consortium Library rm. 307, 6-8pm

Essay Contest: "Is voting a right, a responsibility, or a privilege?" Department of English

Entries Due Tuesday, Sept. 18th Awards sponsored by the ACLU of Alaska &

League of Women Voters of Anchorage

ALL WEEK

Democracy Wall Student Life & Leadership Student Union, Upper Hallway

To learn more visit uaa.alaska.edu/engage

U.S. Constitution Display Consortium Library, First Floor

Consortium Library

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