Active Citizenship & Voting

Monday, September 30, 2024
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Online (Registration Required)

Join the USNH General Counsel's office, the Civil Rights and Equity Office (CREO), and a UNH constitutional law professor as they discuss the intersections between freedom of speech and UNH policy.
This webinar, moderated by the Office of Community, Equity and Diversity (OCED), is offered specifically for UNH Faculty, Staff, Post-Docs, and Graduate Appointees.

Tuesday, October 15, 2024
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
MUB Granite State Room

The missing ingredient in American democracy is political equality, the idea that all citizens are of equal weight, even if they aren't of equal voice. It's not just that political equality is essential if Americans ever hope to realize the potential of their democracy, but that the absence of political equality from our institutions is part of what has warped our political system into something which struggles to express our democratic values.

Wednesday, October 16, 2024
9:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
MUB

Join the Responsible Governance and Sustainable Citizenship Project for a day of discussions in the MUB with UNH faculty and outside experts on big topics like voting rights, climate change, disinformation and social media, political issues, international concerns, polling, and more.

Thursday, October 24, 2024
12:40 PM - 2:00 PM
Memorial Union Building Theater II

Matt Motta (PhD) will be discussing his recently-released book Anti-Scientific Americans (Oxford University Press). In this talk, Motta will review new theoretical and data-driven insights into the prevalence, origins, and policy consequences of anti-intellectualism in the US.

Wednesday, October 30, 2024
7:00 PM
Paul Creative Arts Center Johnson Theatre

A theatrical exploration of the New York Times best-selling book by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt. The play, devised by UNH students, will delve into the book’s examination of how we have arrived at this moment in our democracy.