Yale Bulletin and Calendar

September 30, 2005|Volume 34, Number 5

Panel on future of democracy
to launch Jamestown Project

A panel titled "While Democracy Sleeps" on Thursday, Oct. 6, will mark the unveiling of the Jamestown Project at the Law School.

The event will bring together a diverse group of American leaders to explore a variety of issues -- from why democracy matters to what it entails, where the nation has "gone wrong" and ways to achieve change.

The speakers will be Cornel West, professor of religion and of African American studies, Princeton University; Julie Su, director of litigation, Asian Pacific American Legal Center; Eddie Glaude, director of Princeton's Program in African American Studies and a Jamestown Project Fellow; Clarissa Martinez De Castro, director of state and local public policy for the National Council of La Raza; and Ronald Sullivan, professor of law at Yale and Jamestown Project Fellow, who will moderate the panel.

The panel will take place at 10 a.m. in the Law School, 127 Wall St. It is free and open to the public.

The Jamestown Project is a group of men and women from different races, regions, occupations and backgrounds -- all of whom are in their 30s and 40s -- working to support the practice of democratic citizenship. The organization aims to "revitalize the life of democracy in the United States" through innovative scholarship, political and legislative action, and new policy approaches.

The project is headed by Stephanie Robinson, an attorney with experience in public policy. She previously worked as chief counsel and national director for public policy at the Center for Community Change and, prior to that, as majority chief counsel for Senator Edward M. Kennedy on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.

The Jamestown Project has produced a white paper outlining its vision for inspiring the democratic system. For a copy, e-mail Shannon Jones at shannon@publicinterestpr.com.

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