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<span><div id="m_-9198747290226990450gmail-xDetDlgDesc"></div></span><span>On
Sept. 7, Presidential Centers and Foundations across the United States
at the initiative of the George W. Bush Presidential Center issued a
joint statement on <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.bushcenter.org/publications/reaffirming-americans-commitment-to-a-more-perfect-union&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1694617679456208&usg=AOvVaw1YV9hrK16jbBNNmLp79Y58" target="_blank">Strengthening Our Democracy</a>.
This is an unprecedented act on the part of these Centers and
Foundations, since traditionally ex-Presidents do not comment on
politics, and Presidential Centers and Foundations have never done so. <br><br>For
our first Institute for Ethics in Public Life conversation of the 23-24
academic year, we will be discussing this statement and exploring the
context that inspired such an unprecedented act.<br><br>Our special
guest for this conversation will be Dr. Courtney Nava, Assistant
Professor of Political Science. Dr. Nava just joined the faculty at SUNY
Plattsburgh this semester, and is a specialist in American Politics and
Political Behavior studying attitudes about subjects such as race,
identity, tolerance, and polarization. <br> <br>This conversation will
be held in person in the Thomas Moran Seminar Room (Hawkins 233), but
you will be able to join the conversation via Zoom (link below) if you
so choose. <br><br><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://plattsburgh.zoom.us/j/99271108268&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1694617679456208&usg=AOvVaw0HcX5C9_ia8XdY4ut-yb1D" target="_blank">https://plattsburgh.zoom.us/j/99271108268</a></span>
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