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Here you will find democracy. In both theory and practice.
The work of the Center for Democracy and Citizenship began
in 1989 and draws on a rich heritage of people and institutions
doing public work to achieve things of lasting importance.
As a part of the University of Minnesota,
the Center for Democracy and Citizenship draws on the very
best principles of academic excellence and scholarship.
We are honored to be a part of the Hubert
H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs. We stand in
the tradition of Vice President Humphrey, a populist and an
educator who believed in the capacities of people to develop
the talents of public work.
Finally, we come from an activist heritage. Our philosophy
was forged in the crucible of the American civic rights movement
which etched the disarmingly simple fundamentals of democracy
and public work:
- Each of us is democracy
- Democracy comes to life when we do its work
- Democracy wanes when we set its burdens aside
- When people do the work of democracy, the future can be
better than the past.
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