WHEN

Sunday, June 6, 2021, 3:OOPM to 4:30PM EDT

WHERE

This is an online event.
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Jane Whitney

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I can't Make It

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By Julia Rosenberg

Once considered democracy’s bedrock, a proud model for the world, the American experiment in constitutional government is being battered and, many historians and pundits now warn, is in danger of collapsing, making the battle to sustain democracy this century’s preeminent challenge. 

The effort to rebuild and fortify democracy in the face of worldwide gains by autocracies is the heart of “Common Ground with Jane Whitney’s” third show of the 2021 season. The forum assembles a panel of renowned voices to discuss the escalating threats to undermine the rule of law and to disenfranchise swaths of Americans as well as how the country can rebuild its constitutional guardrails. 

Washington Post Columnist E.J. Dionne Jr., who made a career, to paraphrase Shakespeare’s Porter, ‘of swearing against both extremes from either extreme,’ headlines the forum. Labeled a “radical centrist” by Time magazine, Dionne spent decades emphasizing the overlaps in partisans’ aspirations and breaking down the flawed logic in their tribalism. 

The second panelist is Bret Stephens, a renowned contrarian, New York Times columnist and Pulitzer Prize winner who rocketed to fame as the neo-conservative foreign-affairs columnist and  deputy editorial page editor at The Wall Street Journal. Once considered a neocon and leading voice of the right with influence in capitals around the world, he is now viewed as an ambassador of the center right and a homeless Republican. 

Our third panelist is Heather Cox Richardson, a wildly popular historian best known for her daily newsletter, Letters from an American, which explains current events through a historical lens. 

By day, Richardson is a professor of 19th century American history at Boston College; at night she churns out the 1,200-word newsletters for over 500,000 readers. Richardson naps at her desk or dining table between dinner and writing, saying her sleep deprivation is a “small price to pay” compared to sacrifices others have made to keep our country a democracy. 
The final panelist is María Teresa Kumar, a founder and the president of Voto Latino, which works to register Latinx voters and to combat Latinx stereotypes. Under Kumar’s leadership, the organization has registered over a million voters, developed an award-winning telenovela miniseries about voter registration and helped establish the fourth Tuesday of September as National Voter Registration Day. Voto Latino’s research has changed the ways campaigns target Latinx voters by dispelling prominent misconceptions, such as that Latino voters mainly speak Spanish or prioritize immigration above other policy issues. 

 

Moderated by former NBC correspondent and national talk show host Jane Whitney, this interactive conversation, which begins at 3PM EDT on June 6th and runs 90 minutes, will be live streamed, allowing anyone with an internet-connected device to participate and ask questions. 

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ALL PROCEEDS FROM THIS EVENT BENEFIT: 

  • American Nurses Foundation Coronavirus Response Fund: addressing emerging needs of nurses on the frontlines of the COVID-19 response.
  • Greenwoods Counseling & Referrals, Inc.: helping members of the Litchfield County Community and beyond find access to compassionate and high-quality mental health and related care.
  • New Milford Hospital: helping to secure the latest technology, attract the best medical staff and provide the compassionate, patient-centered care for which they are nationally recognized.
  • Susan B. Anthony Project: promoting safety, healing, and growth for all survivors of domestic and sexual abuse and advocates for the autonomy of women and the end of interpersonal violence.

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