Oct 24, 2022 | 6:00pm | Student Union Ballroom The Institute of American Civics has a unique opportunity to lead the UT Knoxville campus and the State of Tennessee in combating political polarization and encouraging civil discourse and civic engagement. As a part of that effort, we are pleased to welcome former House Speaker Paul […]
Public Square Series: “Why Vote?” Panel Discussion with Local LeadersSeptember 21, 2022 | 5:00pm | Toyota Auditorium Webcast Link In his 1980 book, No Margin for Error, Senator Baker wrote, “I think I understand in my bones the reason the indifferents stay at home. They don’t think they count. They don’t believe who they vote […]
Jeffrey Rosen, President and CEO of the National Constitution Center, discusses the origins of the right to voteSeptember 20, 2022 | 5pm | Toyota Auditorium Website Link The right to vote is not enumerated in the Constitution, yet each year millions of Americans register and cast ballots to select representatives as part of the voting […]
Faculty from across the University of Tennessee campus came together on Thursday, September 1, 2022 at Blount Mansion in Knoxville to join in conversations focused on the great debates central to the 1787 Constitutional Convention — issues of representation, free speech and equality. The evening was the second in the Baker Center’s series of enriching […]