Registration for the 2025 National Forum will open in January.
2025 Schedule of Events
8:00 a.m.
Registration and Breakfast
9:00 a.m.
Opening Remarks
9:20 a.m.
Panel | Making the Case: How pluralistic civic learning strengthens our country
10:15 a.m.
Panel | Pluralistic Practice: What pluralistic civic learning looks like in practice across sectors and communities
11:10 a.m.
Break
11:20 a.m.
Panel | Youth and Young Adult Voice: What youth and young adults gain from and contribute to civic learning—in their own words
12:15 p.m.
Lunch
12:45 p.m.
Panel | Investment: Growing a broader movement and funding for civic learning
2:00 p.m.
Breakout Sessions
3:45 p.m.
Closing Plenary | Leadership: The role of civil society leaders in the movement for civic learning, and why it matters
5:00 p.m.
Reception
More information on 2025 National Forum speakers coming shortly. Current confirmed participants include the following:
- Sophia Craiutu, Student, Bloomington High School
- Sarah Cross, Vice President, Free Speech & Peace, Stand Together
- Hahrie Han, Inaugural Director of the SNF Agora Institute, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Professor of Political Science, and Faculty Director of the P3 Research Lab, Johns Hopkins University
- YuQing Jiang, Student, Stanford University
- Jane Kamensky, President and CEO, Monticello/The Thomas Jefferson Foundation
- John B. King, Chancellor, State University of New York (SUNY)
- Ben Klutsey, Director, Program on Pluralism and Civil Exchange, Mercatus Center, George Mason University
- Gen. James N. Mattis (ret.), Former U.S. Secretary of Defense
- Kent McGuire, Program Director of Education, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
- Sharon McMahon, “America’s Government Teacher” and Author
- Josiah Ober, Constantine Mitsotakis Chair in the School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University; Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution
- Condoleezza Rice, Director, Hoover Institution; Former U.S. Secretary of State
- Dame Louise Richardson, President, Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Ishaan Savla, Student Board Member, Contra Costa County Office of Education
- Hanna Skandera, CEO, Daniels Fund
More information on 2025 breakout sessions will be available by the time registration opens in January 2025.
