List of Events During the Series 

Thursday-March 26, 2020 6:30pm

You’ve Come a Long Way Baby? Celebrating 100 years since the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment in the era of #MeToo

100 years since women got the right to vote, issues affecting women have become the hottest topic in civic dialogue. We’ll embrace the history and talk about the future, including how women of color have experienced these tectonic shifts.

Thursday-May 28, 2020 6:30pm

168 Words That Didn’t Change the World: The Condemnation of Slavery Removed from the Declaration of Independence

An early draft of the Declaration of Independence actually included a full-throated condemnation of slavery. We’ll take a counter-factual journey on what might be different today if those 168 words had survived.

Thursday-August 27, 2020 6:30pm

“Over error and oppression:” Citizenship & Journalism in the 2020 election 

We’re living through historical turbulence in journalism — with the very understanding of fact and reality itself in doubt. We’ll consider what this crisis means for the exercise of our citizenship.

Thursday-October 28, 2020 6:30pm

Respect + Rebellion: The Story of My Voice + Vote

We’ll articulate America’s founding ideals through stories of our fellow citizens seeking the franchise to vote as told in the pages of Florida’s newspapers — as we consider our personal priorities as citizens.

Thursday-December 17, 2020 6:30pm

Voices + Votes: Democracy in America Opening Exhibition 

More than just waging a war of independence, American revolutionaries took a great leap of faith and established a new government based on the sovereignty of the people. It was truly a radical idea that entrusted the power of the nation not in a monarchy but in its citizens. Each generation since continues to question how to form “a more perfect union” around this radical idea.