This event is part of the 2016-2017 Facing History and Ourselves Contemporary Issues Forum Series, in partnership with The Youth and Participatory Action Frame Project at Harvard University.

Join us at Harvard University Gutman Library for an all-day forum for teachers and school administrators on April 5th, 2017. In a series of interactive sessions, Facing History facilitators will explore tools and strategies that empower student voice and civic participation in today’s complex information landscape.

Forum Speakers Include:  Danielle Allen and Michael Patrick MacDonald

Danielle Allen, the Director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics and James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University. Dr. Allen is the author of From Voice to Influence: Understanding Citizenship in a Digital Age and Our Declaration: A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of Equality. Her presentation will introduce The Youth and Participatory Project Action Frame, a new project at Harvard University.

Michael Patrick MacDonald is the author of the New York Times Bestselling memoir, All Souls: a Family Story from Southie and the acclaimed Easter Rising: A Memoir of Roots and Rebellion. These two books are frequent "First Year Experience" selections at colleges and universitites.  Read more at Facing History and Ourselves.