Past Events

  • 2016 Dec 08

    2016 Moral Education Conference

    Thu - Sun, Dec 8 to Dec 11, 9:00am - 3:00pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Graduate School of Education. Cambridge, MA

    The YPP Action Frame team will present a talk, “Political Friendship in a Digital Age: Some Updated Principles,” during the 42nd Annual conference of Moral Education. The conference is hosted by the Harvard Graduate School of Education in Cambridge, Massachusetts from December 8 through 11, 2016. The theme of the conference is “Civic Engagement: A Cultural Revolution?”  Danielle Allen will be the keynote speaker for the conference.  See more at ...

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  • 2016 Dec 04

    2016 NCSS Annual Conference - Workshop

    9:00am to 10:40pm

    Location: 

    Washington D.C.

    Sponsored by the YPP Action Frame Team, a workshop, From Voice to Influence: Educating Civic Agents in Digital Times is being held at the 2016 National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) Annual Conference in Washington DC on December 4, 2016. The goal of the workshop is to help social studies teachers, curriculum specialists, and other civics-related educators infuse ideas from the YPP Action Frame into education practices. The workshop is of a highly interactive and experiential format. Danielle Allen...

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  • 2016 Nov 30

    2016 NCSS CUFA

    Wed - Fri, Nov 30 to Dec 2, 10:00am - 3:00pm

    Location: 

    Walter E. Washington Convention Center at Washington, DC

    The YPP Action Frame team will have a strong presence at the 2016 National Council for the Social Studies Conference, which will be between December 2 and 4, 2016 in Walter E. Washington Convention Center at Washington, DC. We will present a paper, “From Voice to Influence: Educating Civic Agents in Digital Times,” to College and University Faculty Assembly (CUFA), an affiliate group of the National Council for the Social Studies. It would be an opportune time for us to get connected...

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  • 2016 Oct 05

    2016 Digital Media & Learning Conference

    Wed - Fri, Oct 5 to Oct 7, 12:00am - 5:00am

    Location: 

    University of California at Irvine, California

    The YPP Action Frame team will give a talk at the Digital Media & Learning Conference 2016, which will be held October 5-7, 2016 at the University of California at Irvine. See more here.

  • 2016 Jul 26

    The Future of Learning 2016: Mini-Course and Danielle Allen’s Talk

    Tue - Thu, Jul 26 to Jul 28, 9:00pm - 5:00pm

    Location: 

    Cambridge, MA

    The Future of Learning Institute at Project Zero gathers dynamic educators from around the world to examine how learning is changing and acquire practical tools to support deep, relevant, and long-lasting learning in a rapidly shifting educational landscape. From July 26 through 28, 2016, FOL will explore four critical issues on education in a globally and digitally networked society.

    • Learning for what purpose?
    • How might we rethink learning?
    • What should we do differently?
    • How might we recast the education profession?

    Teaming up again...

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  • 2016 Jun 24

    Frontiers of Democracy 2016 - Danielle Allen's Talk

    4:15pm to 6:00pm

    Location: 

    Tufts University - Boston Campus, 145 Harrison Avenue, Sackler Building, Boston, MA 02111

    Danielle Allen will give a talk at the Frontiers of Democracy 2016 Conference, which will take place on June 23-25, 2016 at Tufts University’s downtown Boston campus.  

    Frontiers of Democracy draws scholars and practitioners who strive to understand and improve people’s engagement with government, with communities, and with each other. They aim to explore the circumstances of democracy today and a breadth of civic practices that include deliberative democracy, civil and human rights, social justice, community organizing and development, civic learning and...

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  • 2016 Jun 24

    Frontiers of Democracy 2016 - Workshop

    1:15pm to 2:45pm

    Location: 

    Location: Tufts University, Boston Campus, 145 Harrison Avenue, Sackler Building, Boston, MA 02111

    Frontiers of Democracy is an annual conference that draws scholars and practitioners who strive to understand and improve people’s engagement with government, with communities, and with each other. This conference aims to explore the circumstances of democracy today and a breadth of civic practices that include deliberative democracy, civil and human rights, social justice, community organizing and development, civic learning and...

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  • 2016 Apr 21

    Social Media: Challenges for Change

    4:30pm to 6:00pm

    Location: 

    Gutman Conference Center Area 3 Havard Graduate School of Education Cambridge MA

    This is the final CMEI (Civic and Moral Education Initative) event of the 2015-16 academic year! Three panelists––including Carrie James and Sangita Shresthova who are the members of the Youth Participatory Politics Research Network––will share about the implications of social media on civic education and social movements. Below are the details released by the event organizer.  

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