2024-2025 Sagan National Colloquium

Democracy Matters 

The 2024 Presidential Election is critical to the future of American democracy. It promises to be close and contentious, and has already demonstrated the potential for protest and political violence.  As part of its ongoing commitment to civic education, Ohio Wesleyan University presents Democracy Matters: a colloquium that investigates the challenges to American democracy and highlights the dedicated public servants trying to protect the American experiment. Democracy Matters encourages students to participate in the election while providing them with the context and skills necessary to make informed decisions about their future. 

Democracy Matters is co-sponsored by the Sagan National Colloquium, the Arneson Institute for Practical Politics and Public Affairs, and OWU's Department of Politics and Government. Generously funded by the Sagan family, the Colloquium explores an issue of national and international significance from multiple educational angles and forges links between liberal arts learning and the lifelong civic art of informed, involved citizenship.

The Sagan National Colloquium is a non-partisan educational endeavor and does not endorse specific parties, positions, or candidates. 

The 2024-2025 SNC will be co-directed by Drs. Ashley Biser and Brianna Mack. Please contact them for additional information. 

Schedule (Coming Soon)