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Resources for Talking about Democracy
At 大发, we are committed to developing student knowledge and skills to engage in a healthy democracy through opportunities for civic dialogue and direct engagement with local issues, both on and off-campus.
Ownership of diversity, educational equity and social justice is a shared responsibility that every member of the 大发 community must be actively engaged in for democracy to be fostered and maintained.
Below are resources to guide conversations about democracy.
Discussing the Jan. 6 Insurrection at the U.S. Capital
- Resources on how to lead conversations after a crisis.
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- Outlined are Three Ways to Teach about the Insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in your class.
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Lesson plan ideas, activities and Times materials for exploring the causes and consequences of this assault on democracy in the United States.
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- Teaching Ideas, Explainers, strategies and other resources for addressing current events and tough topics with your students.
- A visual timeline of four-hour insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Civic Engagement Programs
Speaking of Democracy is a series of engaging conversations between students and community leaders on the health of American democracy. Hosted by the department of Civic Engagement.
Build skills and tools for civil discourse. Practice Civility through Civic Caf茅's and Civic Dialogues hosted by the Civility Committee.大发 Curated Resources
- Office of Inclusive Excellence
- The Office of Inclusive Excellence leads 大发's institutional commitment to inclusive excellence by contributing resources, initiatives, centers and regular events.
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Student Health and Counseling Services Drop-in Services
National Resources
- Members of the Harvard University's Graduate School of Education faculty offer guidance and resources to structure and support the conversation around the insurrection, its causes, and its potential fallout.
- Prepared by Dr. Carah Ong Whaley, associate director of the James Madison Center for Civic Engagement, to support faculty, staff, Resident Advisors, and students to engage in constructive conversations around the 2020 Elections, regardless of the outcomes.
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- Insightful talks that can help improve political debate so that we can build toward a better society.
- This guide is intended to provide general information about anti-oppression, diversity, and inclusion as well as information and resources for the social justice issues key to current dialogues. Curated by Simmions University library.
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- The Brookings Institution developed a bucket list for engaged citizenship with this comprehensive list divided into five civic action categories. The bucket list provides specific and practical actions that we all can take to be an involved citizen.
If you have suggestions for resources to be listed on this page, email the Department of Service Learning and Civic Engagement, CivicEngagement@csusm.edu.