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| Towards A New Progressive CitizenshipFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Roosevelt Institution to hold its first National Conference of 2008 Towards A New Progressive Citizenship Washington, DC: The Roosevelt Institution, the nation’s first student-run think tank, is hosting a policy writing conference and contest at the University of Chicago on Saturday March 1st. Students from Chicago and the greater Midwest will participate in intensive skill-building workshops while addressing some of the most critical challenges facing both our criminal justice system and our democratic system. Free to both students and the general public, this event will use the resources of the academy to help build a framework for a more progressive citizenship. The Roosevelt Institution has a network of over 8000 students, professors and policymakers at more than 70 campus-based chapters across the country. Founded after the 2004 elections, the Institution has grown into a comprehensive center for students interested in public policy, offering internship programs, several national journals, conferences, and training workshops throughout the year. Now partnered with the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute, this nonprofit student think tank seeks to build new progressive leaders with outstanding ideas for the future. Roosevelt students will be given critical feedback on the policies they’ve crafted, while students with less policy experience will undergo an intensive introduction to the policy sector. The event will give students, professors and activists the chance to examine current issues while focusing on voting rights and criminal justice. Focused primarily on these two challenges the conference’s aim is to give the students tools to craft policy ideas of their own. Following presentations and workshops, students will be given time to brainstorm and draft their own policy. The students will be evaluated by a group of esteemed judges and a winner will be awarded a grand prize by the Roosevelt Institution. Frederick M. Lawrence, Dean of George Washington University’s Law School is the honorary chair of the criminal justice challenge; Congressman Jessie Jackson Jr. is the honorary chair of the electoral reform challenge.
For questions about this event please contact:
Tim Krueger: tim.krueger@rooseveltinstitution.org, 216.965.3567
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