What are the key features of the thriving democracy we hope to enact and support through our work?  

• Navigating legislative challenges 

• Incorporating and supporting student voice 

• Redefining political engagement 

• Incorporating diverse voices in our work 

• Higher education’s democratic responsibility 

• Honoring community voices and wisdom—especially for indigenous-serving institutions 

• Exploring/understanding foundational, democratic documents and their relationship to current affairs 

• Understanding interrelated concepts of civic engagement, democratic engagement, civic learning service learning, activism, and advocacy 

What knowledge, skills, and dispositions contribute to a thriving democracy, and how do we embed this in our work?  

• Voter engagement work and results 

• Increasing civic engagement beyond social sciences; encouraging interdisciplinary efforts 

• Practicing/modeling difficult conversations/dialogues 

• Digitial literacy 

• Bringing curricular and co-curricular efforts together 

• High impact practices 

• Experiential learning 

• AI possibilities 

• Address the colonization of our educational system 

How can we build the institutional culture, infrastructure, and relationships needed to support learning that enables a thriving democracy? 

• Institution-wide collaboration and building campus stakeholders 

• Collaborating with other campuses 

• Building leadership supports for civic engagement 

• Aligning institutional mission/values with civic engagement 

• Integrating campus and community efforts 

• Building regional support structures 

• Understanding different campus models for student engagement 

• Implement and assess institution-wide civic learning objectives