On Friday, July 3, the University of Michigan held the inaugural Democracy Cafe, We Hold These Truths: Living Up to Our Declaration, A Conversation with Danielle Allen, as a component of the Democracy & Debate Theme Semester launch.
During the event, Lynette Clemetson, the Charles R. Eisendrath Director of Wallace House, and Danielle Allen, a renowned political theorist, Harvard professor, winner of the John W. Kluge Prize for Achievement in the Study of Humanity, and author of Our Declaration: A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of Equality, closely analyzed the Declaration of Independence.
Watch the full discussion on YouTube.
The Democracy Café series provides resources for members of the U-M community to organize conversations in public spaces and cyberspaces around topics of general interest in this year’s presidential election season. Cafés will be conceived as opportunities for virtual engagement — each with an accompanying “tool kit” of documents and texts, supplemental resources and activities.
Learn more about the Democracy & Debate Theme Semester.
At the end of the event, U-M encouraged students to record and submit a video reciting the Declaration of Independence for a chance to receive a free copy of Our Declaration: A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of Equality.
