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SUMMARY:Encounters: U.S. Constitution
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the second in a series of interactive “Encounters” dialogues exploring three critical documents of American identity and their role in our lives today: the Declaration of Independence\, the Constitution\, and the Bill of Rights. This program aims to foster meaningful and informed discussion around the values that form the basis of our national experience by bringing the conversation back to first principles\, to the founding of the American democratic experiment. In doing so\, it encourages us to learn more about our shared history and to value and participate in our democracy. To participate\, please register online. Dialogues for Common Ground: American Identity & Connecticut’s Civic. Register in advance for this program: https://uconn-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwvcOGoqDIjGdwOTaLCSltZQMhFIgxsYuWG
URL:https://wp.cga.ct.gov/osh/calendar/encounters-u-s-constitution/
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SUMMARY:Book Talk: 100% Democracy: The Case for Universal Voting
DESCRIPTION:Today’s headlines are filled with arguments over restrictions on the right to vote and attempts to expand it. Miles Rapoport\, formerly CT’s Secretary of State and E.J. Dionne\, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institute\, advocate for making a commitment to a ‘100% Democracy’\, an election process where every citizen has the right to vote and full opportunities to do so—but also the duty to vote\, a requirement to participate in our national choices.Join Rapoport and Dionne (who will be joining us virtually) for an in-person discussion about their new book\, 100% Democracy: The Case for Universal Voting. The program will be moderated by CT Secretary of the State\, Denise Merrill and kicks off Book Talks\, a new program series at Connecticut’s Old State House.The U.S. lags behind other democracies\, with only 66.8% of eligible voters participating in the record-turnout election of 2020 while twenty-six countries around the world require participation in elections. Australia\, for instance\, has required citizens to cast a ballot since 1924 and had over 90% voter turnout in their last major election. Rapoport and Dionne ask: if Americans must pay taxes and serve on juries\, why not ask—or require—every American to vote? Is it time for the United States to take a major leap forward and recognize voting as both a fundamental civil right and a solemn civic duty?The program will be followed by a book-signing and light refreshments. Program co-sponsored by Everyday Democracy.  Click here to register
URL:https://wp.cga.ct.gov/osh/calendar/book-talk-100-democracy-the-case-for-universal-voting/
LOCATION:At CT’s Old State House AND Live Streamed
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SUMMARY:Conversations at Noon on the CT Freedom Trail -  Digital Reconnaissance: Re(Locating) Dark Spots on a Map
DESCRIPTION:The Mary and Eliza Freeman Houses in Bridgeport serve a critical role in the history of Bridgeport and of the Black community in Connecticut. Their homes became the center of Little Liberia – a neighborhood of free people of color that included a luxurious seaside resort hotel for wealthy Blacks\, Bridgeport’s first free lending library\, a school\, businesses\, fraternal organizations\, and churches. From this community\, only the Mary and Eliza Freeman homes survive.Join the Connecticut Freedom Trail and Maisa Tisdale\, President and CEO of The Mary & Eliza Freeman Center\, who has advocated for the preservation of the homes and the former Little Libera neighborhood in Bridgeport’s South End since 1994. Ms. Tisdale will discuss Digital Reconnaissance: Re(Locating) Dark Spots on a Map on Tuesday\, April 26th at 12 pm focusing on the preservation efforts and tools used to recreate the history of the Freeman Houses and Little Liberia with Connecticut Freedom Trail Outreach Director Tammy Denease. \nClick here to register
URL:https://wp.cga.ct.gov/osh/calendar/conversations-at-noon-on-the-ct-freedom-trail-digital-reconnaissance-relocating-dark-spots-on-a-map/
LOCATION:Virtual – Free to attend
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