Re-inspiring Citizenship in the 2008 Election

A Civic Dialogue With Participants of the November 5th Coalition and The Citizen Solution Including Harry Boyte and Don Shelby

Thursday, July 24, 7:00 p.m. program,
Weisman Art Museum

The November 5th Coalition is a broad national alliance to renew cross-partisan civic action in this election season. Harry Boyte, founder and co-director of the University of Minnesota’s Center for Citizenship and Democracy and one of the leaders of the November 5th Coalition, and other members of the national group will discuss the renewal of Minnesota’s citizenship action tradition across partisan divisions to solve civic problems. News anchor Don Shelby joins the program. Boyte will draw from his new book The Citizen Solution: How You Can Make A Difference, in which he discusses how to move past slash-and-burn politics in this election season. Come join small group dialogues to discuss citizen solutions this year and beyond. Learn more about the Center for Citizenship and Democracy at: www.publicwork.org.

American Politics Sideshow: Weird and Wild

Make a speech, join a discussion, view a performance, take a tour.

Thursday, September 4, 10:00 a.m.—8:00 p.m.
Weisman Art Museum, inside and outside

Taking place during the first week of fall semester at the University of Minnesota, the Weisman hosts a day-long sideshow of speakers, discussions, live feed from the RNC, alternative press journalists, performances, and Art on Wheels: outdoor mobile projections by U of M art faculty Ali Momeni and his students. Visitors will be invited to expound on any subject for five minutes on An American Soapbox. Take tours of Weisman exhibitions scheduled to connect with the election season, including Luke DuBois’s Hindsight is Always 20/20, which muses on presidential vision and rhetoric by representing commonly used words in presidential State of the Union speeches throughout history.