Student Voice Senior Advisor Merrit Jones moderated a panel discussion hosted by Made By US at the 2020 Reagan Institute Summit on Education (RISE) and featuring prominent history and civic leaders on how America can be shaped through civic engagement. At the bipartisan event, Jones facilitated conversation to answer the question, “how can we use history and historical organizations to navigate modern times and shape civic education?”
Jones joined Program Manager at Made By US and the Smithsonian Institution Caroline Klibanoff, Director of Learning at the Heinz History Center Mariruth Leftwich, Vice President of Visitor Programs and Services at Monticello Gary Sandling and Director of Education at the Japanese American National Museum Lynn Yamasaki in the panel.
The full recording of the 2020 Reagan Institute Summit on Education’s Civics Made By Us Panel is available on their website.
About Student Voice
Student Voice is a by-students, for-students 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that works in all 50 states to equip students as storytellers, organizers and institutional partners who advocate for student-driven solutions to educational inequity. Through direct civic action, Student Voice helps students hold their schools and surrounding communities accountable to the Student Bill of Rights and prepares them to become lifelong agents of social and political change. For more information about Student Voice, visit our website at StuVoice.org and follow @Stu_Voice and #StuVoice on social media.
