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Ideas play a critical role in shaping public opinion and catalyzing change, and rarely has the need for such creative public engagement been more urgent. When we talk about revitalizing democracy or expanding economic opportunity, we cannot simply talk about policies. We must also better articulate our "first principles," as well as expand the menu of big ideas that advance these principles. Demos is deeply committed to such long-term ideas work, in particular through participation in public events.

Since 2002, Demos has hosted its own Demos Forum: Ideas For Change Event Series featuring prominent authors, journalists, activists and others. Demos also participates in many other events around the nation and sometimes in other countries, including those to support discussions about new books; organizing and participating in conferences, convenings and trainings; speaking to audiences in college, business, labor and elected office; and testifying before Congress and state legislative bodies.

Upcoming Events

Jane Addams: Spirit in Action Book Launch

September 13, 2010 | 6:00 PM

Demos
220 Fifth Avenue, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10001

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Jane Addams was a leading statesperson in an era when such possibilities for women were almost nonexistent. Few people today, however, know the full scope of her work as a political progressive. Join Demos, the National Council for Research on Women, and Paradigm Shift to commemorate the 150th anniversary of her birth, and to celebrate the release of Jane Addams: Spirit in Action.

Featured Author: Louise W. Knight
Moderated By: Blanche Wiesen Cook

Refreshments will be served.
Copies of the book will be available for sale.
Live webcast at www.demos.org.

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Street-Level Bureaucracy: Dilemmas of the Individual in Public Services by Michael Lipsky

September 16, 2010 | 4:00 PM

Martin E. Segal Theatre
CUNY Graduate Center
365 5th Avenue
New York, NY 10016

Join us for a panel discussion featuring Lipsky in conversation with John Mollenkopf, Linda Gibbs, and Ellen Schall to celebrate the 30th anniversary edition of this award-winning study and to discuss current problems and creative solutions in reforming social services.

Michael Lipsky is a Distinguished Senior fellow at Demos and Research Professor at Georgetown University.
John Mollenkopf is the Director of the Center for Urban Research at CUNY Graduate Center.
Linda Gibbs is Deputy Mayor for Human Services of the City of New York.
Ellen Schall is the Dean of the Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at NYU.

Light Refreshments will be served

This event is by invitation only. Please contact jkhanduja@demos.org with any questions.

Live webcast available to the public at www.demos.org.

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Higher Education? Colleges, Universities, and America's Global Role

September 23, 2010 | 6:00 PM

220 Fifth Avenue, 5th Floor
New York NY 10001

In Higher Education? WPI Senior Fellow Claudia Dreifus and renowned sociologist Andrew Hacker deliver a call to arms and make an incisive case that the American way of higher education, now a $420 billion-per-year business, has lost sight of its primary mission: the education of young adults. Going behind the myths and mantras, they trace how a system has simultaneously blown up and broken down, and discuss their controversial proposals for repairing it.

Join Demos and the World Policy Institute for a book discussion with co-authors Claudia Dreifus and Andrew Hacker. Moderated by David Callahan, Director of the International Program and Distinguished Senior Fellow at Demos.

 

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