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Summer Leadership Institute

The 2008 Summit on Political Engagement and Bonner Summer Leadership Institute will explore the themes of political and civic engagement. It will challenge all participants—administrators, faculty, and students—to make connections between the work of community service and the work of civic participation. Whether through community-based research and public policy research, advocacy and activism, electoral participation and voter education, or other forms, we’ll explore how to connect service and politics.

We'll explore five pathways for change through politics: elections, litigation & the courts, grassroots mobilizing, lobbying, and cultural change. We'll also identify strategies for programs on campus, in our local communities, and on state, national, and even international levels. Besides moving from how those involved in service can connect their work to politics, we'll examine how politicians and public offices can also better address the perspectives of those who choose to make a difference through service.

June 4-5 is open to anyone, including representatives of schools not involved in the Bonner network. We are pleased that several national organizations may be involved, including representatives from: CIRCLE, Project Pericles, Mobilize.org, the Roosevelt Institution, Teach for America, and more. In the spirit of students as colleagues, during the Summit, we’d like all presentations to be co-presented by a student and administrator/faculty, to model partnership.

For Bonner, the event continues June 5-7 with the Bonner Summer Leadership Institute. Directors, Coordinators, Congress Representatives, and Senior Interns will stay on for additional networking and educational programming related to their broader work in the Bonner Programs. External guests who are interested in staying on to participate, offer workshops, and engage in conversations about the broader work of campus-community partnerships and campus-based civic engagement are welcome to stay on. In addition, an All Bonner Service Track will offer students from across the nation the opportunity to work together at sites in the region (also a Sophomore Exchange opportunity).

See the Agenda for more information about the programming.

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