The University of Arizona

Civic Engagement

It is important that the public demand civil discourse in political campaigns and public policy deliberation.

The National Institute for Civil Discourse is committed to championing civil discourse as a means of increasing civic engagement.  This theme is explored further in an essay Civil Discourse and the Quality of Civic Engagement.  The Institute calls on every American citizen - leaders, voters, activists, commentators - to honor the central role that civil discourse has played in the history of our democracy by recommitting to participate in a thoughtful national dialogue.

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