04/12/2024 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm – LSC University Ballroom 1 – 2 pm Robert Putnam is the retired Malkin Research Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University. He has received numerous awards for his teaching and research, including the National Humanities Medal in 2013. He is the author of 15 books, including Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community, among […]
04/12/2024 @ 9:00 am – 12:30 pm – Visit with on-campus and off-campus organizations who work on different elements of democracy and find out how you can get involved. LSC Never No Summer 9 am – 12:30 pm
04/12/2024 @ 9:00 am – 10:45 am – LSC University Ballroom 9-10:45 am From the Movement Strategy Center, Rosa González will lead 60 people in practices to reclaim citizenship. Free and open to the public. RSVP required. RSVP at https://col.st/dIIQn
April 11, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – The Jazz Combos present an evening of small-group jazz. Directed by Dr. Seth Lewis, Tom Amend, and Sean Sullivan, the combos present a program of jazz standards, great hidden gems, and original music by combo members.
April 11, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm – Michelle Kesler, cello, and Scott Holden, piano perform several 20th-century sonatas for the instruments, including Ethel Smyth’s Sonata for Cello and Piano in A minor op. 5, Eugene Ysaye’s Sonata for Solo Cello in C minor, op. 28, and Benjamin Britten’s Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 65. Dr. Michelle Kesler, associate professor of cello […]
04/11/2024 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Lessons and Legacies of the Civil War for American Democracy with Dr. Jeremi Suri Lyric Cinema 7 – 9 pm Dr. Jeremi Suri, author of Civil War By Other Means, will explore the enduring political divisions, racial strife, and insurgent violence that followed from events after Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. Exploring this history helps us to […]
04/11/2024 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm – The Lyric Cinema 5 – 7 pm Dr. Robert Putnam coined the phrase “social capital.” This documentary covers the ways in which our country is declining in our social capital because we join organizations less than we used to. Based on Putnam’s book, Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community. Reception after film. 6:45 […]
04/11/2024 @ 11:00 am – 3:30 pm – Join us for learning and conversation about a variety of topics related to democracy. Panelists are CSU faculty and staff. Pick one panel each hour. LSC 372-390 11 am – 3:30 pm Choose from one of three panels during each time slot. 11 am – 12:15 pm Engaging Rural Voices in Democracy (LSC 372-374) Democracy […]
04/11/2024 @ 11:00 am – 3:00 pm –
Short, facilitated processes focused on mini-dialogues about a variety of issues and civic-skill building exercises. New discussions will start every 15 minutes from 11am to 3pm
04/10/2024 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm – In 1861, the U.S. Congress carved Colorado’s boundaries representing no river, mountain range, tribe, or language group to enclose five distinct areas that are now Southern Colorado; Western Colorado; the Eastern Plains; the Front Range along the eastern face of the mountains; and Metropolitan Denver. Each of these regions vastly differs in terms of populations, […]
