PublicSquare

PublicSquare convenes highly informative and interactive seminars led by distinguished commentators that explore innovative policy solutions to the critical issues of our time. Its community-based discussions, lectures, and forums are designed to educate the public, inspire civic participation and, in turn, revitalize democratic culture. Modeled after the 17th-century New England town meeting, which Thomas Jefferson called “the best school of political liberty the world ever saw,” PublicSquare expands upon long-established, American traditions of collective deliberation and direct democracy. Influential guest speakers including journalists, writers, researchers, scholars, and activists are invited to analyze key policy issues ranging from health care to immigration, climate change to economic inequality, and human rights to foreign affairs by focusing upon the historical context, social values, cultural frameworks, and political climate of which they are emblematic.