Answering the Call to Service

The Policy Forum on National Service is bringing together leaders from the public, corporate, and nonprofit sectors to discuss the future of national service as part of City Year’s five-day annual convention, cyzygy ’03. Panelists will discuss the rise of an ethic of service, the practical successes of the service movement, and the relationship between rights and responsibilities in a democratic society. The Forum will feature contributors to United We Serve, a new Brookings publication edited by E.J. Dionne Jr., Kayla Meltzer Drogosz, and Robert E. Litan. This collection of essays by influential Americans addresses the importance of the national service movement in the aftermath of September 11.

Town Meeting (10:30 – 11:30 am, Lisner Auditorium) Voices from the Field
Speaker: Harris Wofford
Chairman, America’s Promise Alliance for Youth

PANEL I (12:00 – 2:00pm – Columbian Square):
Challenges and Opportunities for National Service (Luncheon)

Moderator:
David Gergen
Editor-at-Large, U.S. News and World Report

Opening Remarks: Leslie Lenkowsky
C.E.O., Corporation for National and Community Service

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PANEL II (2:00 – 3:30 pm – Columbian Square):
Service and Civic Engagement

Moderator and Opening Remarks:
E.J. Dionne, Jr.
Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution,

Columnist, The Washington Post

Moderator:
William Schambra
Director, Bradley Center for Civic Philanthropy
and Renewal, Hudson Institute

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Closing Remarks (3:30 – 4:00 pm):

John Bridgeland
Executive Director, The USA Freedom Corps