The Civil Discourse Academy

CIVIL DISCOURSE ACADEMY - PART ONE

“The best way for future teachers to learn about the power of discourse is to experience it themselves”
- Todd Dinkleman

“There’s no question in my mind that we’re at a time in history when civic education is core”
- Christopher Riano

“How do we prepare people to moderate forums that are deliberative and not debates?”
- Margaret Holt

“When you see the youth interacting with people of all ages, it falls so well within the ideals of the CHQ movement”
- Peter Balsamo

“It’s at the local level where we make the largest difference...a very American experience”
- Christopher Riano

“What’s most important is learning how to deliberate, weigh issues, make choices as citizens”
- Margaret Holt

“I get to talk about 1776 and 1950...to talk about history AND solve today’s issues”
- Christopher Riano

“Facts matter and stories matter”
- Margaret Holt

“On President Eisenhower’s watch he sent the National Guard to Little Rock and that was just the start”
- Madeline Van Dyck

“In the last four years I’ve been taken aback thinking about what’s not happening in social studies classrooms”
- Todd Dinkleman

“I’m envisioning the merging of the Civil Discourse academy with the Youth Performance academy”
- Madeline Van Dyck

“As a child there was very little sitting down at the table with someone you may not agree with”
- Chase Brantley