Democracy Café

America, at its earliest formative stages, was forged by compacts such as the Mayflower Compact that bound people together as they strived to create a bold new form of government. What kind of compact would we Americans need today to come together as a diverse yet united people, if we're to make our constitutional republic more vibrant and open and inclusive than ever -- at a time, no less, when polarization is all the rage, and efforts to use democratic mechanisms to subvert our democracy are arguably being orchestrated by some even at the highest echelons of power? Dr. Andrew Seligsohn, a nationally recognized and acclaimed leader in university civic engagement, and President of Campus Compact (compact.org) -- the nation’s largest national organization dedicated to civic engagement in higher education -- shares a most inspiring and compelling vision for what such a compact might look like, not only for universities, their students and community partners, but for Americans as a whole. Listen in to ou