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New America is proud to serve as a gathering place for events—both online and in-person—to exchange ideas, spotlight new research, and engage with diverse perspectives. Every year, New America’s events bring together thousands of people across sectors and disciplines to help shape policy discussions and drive solutions to real-world challenges.


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    You’ve Changed

    You’ve Changed

    Explore personal transformation in an age obsessed with reinvention with author Benoit Denizet-Lewis as they discuss their new book.

    Virtual

    12PM – 1PM EDT

    Lexington’s First Civic Assembly
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    Lexington’s First Civic Assembly

    Learn more about the first civic assembly in the United States to be fully locally run and organized in Lexington, Kentucky.

    Virtual

    11AM – 12PM EDT

    Screen People
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    Screen People

    Dive into today’s internet-inflected culture conditions us to see one another not as people but as characters, with author Megan Garber.

    Virtual

    12PM – 1PM EDT

    The Fifth Pillar: Where Higher Ed Goes from Here
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    The Fifth Pillar: Where Higher Ed Goes from Here

    Author and President Emeritus of Columbia University, Lee Bollinger, argues that universities function as a fifth pillar of American democracy. Join him in conversation to discuss the questions of equity and access that a reimagined higher education system must address.

    Hybrid

    3:30PM – 5:30PM EDT

    New America
    740 15th Street NW Suite 900, Washington, DC 20005

    Here Where We Live Is Our Country
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    Here Where We Live Is Our Country

    Join Molly Crabapple to discuss her new book centered on a revolutionary moment with a radical vision of solidarity in an age of division.

    Virtual

    12PM – 1PM EDT

    The Great Game
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    The Great Game

    Explore America’s complicated and ever-evolving relationship with the world through American football and soccer.

    Hybrid

    12PM – 1:15PM EDT

    New America
    740 15th St NW #900, Washington, DC 20005

    Accreditation 101: A Fireside Chat on How Colleges Are Measured
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    Accreditation 101: A Fireside Chat on How Colleges Are Measured

    Join for a 101 on college accreditation that will discuss the U.S. Department of Education’s upcoming negotiated rulemaking and allow for audience Q&A.

     

    Virtual

    12PM – 1PM EDT