American Democracy Project

Distinguished Speakers Series

Departmental/Program Area Grant Opportunity - Fall 2007/Spring 2009

Application Form

The American Democracy (ADP) Committee is pleased to solicit proposals from academic departments and other program areas for up to $2000 to participate in the Distinguished Speakers Series. The series is designed to bring distinguished speakers to campus focusing on the general ADP mission – to increase civic engagement of students. The Lecture Series will consist of four departmental/program area speakers. ADP has focused on several different initiatives, including but not limited to:

• The Stewardship of Public Lands.
• Foundations of Democracy: The First Year of College.
• Participatory Citizenship: American Democracy and the Jury System.
• Electoral Voice: Organizing for Voting.
• Fostering Democracy in Other Lands.
• Democratic Participation: Key Pedagogies and Instructional Strategies.
• Preparing Teachers to Teach Civic Engagement.

Proposals can include these themes or other related topics that fall under the general mission of the ADP. Additional information about the ADP is available at: http://www.aascu.org/programs/adp/default.htm. Interdisciplinary proposals are especially encouraged. Preference will be given to topics other than those addressed during prior semesters' ADP Speaker Series.

We invite your department or program area to participate in this speaker series. Each grant of up to $2,000 should be divided between a speaker’s honorarium and expenses such as hotel, airfare, etc.

In order to be considered for this funding your department will need to demonstrate the following:

1. Ways in which the speaker is appropriate for the ADP Series (content of the talk)
2. Guarantee an audience of a minimum of 100 people (either through providing students with extra-credit, requiring their attendance, inter-department advertising, or any other mechanism that will yield a respectable turnout).
3. Indicate the anticipated date of the planned event and the person(s) responsible for hosting the speaker. The responsible person(s) must make all event/speaker arrangements including getting the speaker to campus and arranging the talk itself.
4. Provide a budget summary indicating the anticipated costs for the program. ADP will provide advertising for your event.

Complete the Distinguished Speakers Series application form and return it to Dr. Barbara LeSavoy, ADP Steering Committee, (EOP, C25-A Cooper Hall).

Local Contact

SUNY Brockport's American Democracy Project Coordinator is Dale Hartnett. For more information or to learn how to participate, call (585) 395-2154.