The Division of United States Studies

at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

and the Taube Philanthropies invite you to attend the first in the

Taube Discussion Series on American Values

with keynote speaker

Donna Shalala

President, University of Miami, and former Secretary,

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

and commentators

Moses Boyd

Principal, Integrated Solutions Group of The Washington Group

and former Wilson Center Public Policy Scholar

Peter Levine

Director, The Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement and Research, Tufts University

As the American economy seems to be in free fall and as Americans consider how much rein should be given to the capitalist ethic, what the role of the government should be, and what individual responsibility is all about, it is appropriate to ask, What is the meaning of “American democracy?” What are the core values that underlie the American society and polity? Have values such as freedom, individual initiative and self-reliance, freedom of inquiry and civil discourse changed? should they change?

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

9:30-11:30 a.m.

Continental breakfast available at 9:00 a.m.

6th floor Flom Auditorium

Woodrow Wilson Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W., Washington, DC

Directions are available at our web site at http://www.wilsoncenter.org/directions

Please allow extra time for security; a picture ID is required.

This is a free public event, but RSVPs are required.

Please respond with acceptances only to

http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1427&fuseaction=topics.event_rsvp&event_id=395401

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