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Honors College

Lecture Series: Fall 2021 – Rewriting the Constitution

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Date          Lecture Title/Event
August 23Welcome and Introduction

Philip E. Phillips (Honors)
August 30Youth Voting: Commemorating 50 Years

Amy Sayward (History)

YouTube Video
September 13State Legislatures Shaping the Nation: Tennessee Law and National Civic Culture

Hedy Weinberg (Executive Director, American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee), Shanna Hughey (President, Think Tennessee), and Justin Owen (President, Beacon Center of Tennessee)

Recorded Presentation
September 20Immigration, Law, and Local Consequences

Abdou Kattih (Regugee Assistance, Murfreesboro Muslim Youth), Kellye Branson (Refugee-Immigrant Services, Catholic Charities), and Barbara Ibarra (League of Women Voters, Murfreesboro-Rutherford County)

YouTube Video
September 27The U.S. Constitutional Amending Process

John R. Vile (Honors)

YouTube Video
October 4Eliminating the Electoral College

Michael Federici (Political Science and International Relations)

YouTube Video
October 11Fall Break – No Classes
October 18 The ERA and the Politics of Constitutional Amendments

Steve Cohen (U.S. House of Representatives, Tennessee 9th District, U.S. House Judiciary Committee. Chair, The Constitution Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Subcommittee)

YouTube Video
October 25 Required National Public Service

Keith Huber (Lt. General U.S. Army, Ret., Senior Advisor for Veterans and Leadership Initiatives)

YouTube Video
November 1D.C. Statehood, Very Soon

Yilin Zhang (League of Women Voters, Washington, D.C.)

Presentation
November 8Self-Determination for Puerto Rico: Statehood or Nationhood?

George Laws Garcia (Executive Director, Puerto Rico Statehood Council), Javier A. Hernández (Author, PREXIT: Forging Puerto Rico’s Path to Sovereignty), and Barbara Ibarra (National Conference of Puerto Rican Women, Ret.)

YouTube Video
November 15The Constitutional Right to Vote

Aaron Treadwell (History)

YouTube Video
November 22MT Engage Presentation

Percy Verret (MT Engage)

YouTube Video
November 29Student Presentations

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