Fresh from the founding of a brand new country with a Big Idea (but still in the throws of the Revolution), John Adams was among the founders of the storied American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Devoted to bringing diverse thinkers, professions and talents to the task of creating and communicating knowledge to serve this new nation, the earliest members of the Academy included George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Its membership through these centuries are our civilization’s legends—like Dr. Albert Einstein, Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela.
As we begin our reflections of the 250th year of our shared experiment, we are truly honored to bring you the current president of The Academy, Dr. Laurie L. Patton.
With Steve Seibert, former chair of Florida Humanities (and The Village Square), we’ll contemplate the hero arc storyline and how this important institution is considering and shaping what comes next. You’ll want to be there.
UNUM: Democracy Reignited is funded in part by the Federation of State Humanities Councils with support from the Mellon Foundation and Florida Humanities.
Dr. Laurie L. Patton
UNUM is presented in partnership with Florida Humanities
We are proud to be in our fourth year of “UNUM: Democracy Reignited” programming, made possible in partnerships with Florida Humanities with support from National Endowment for the Humanities. (Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of Florida Humanities or the National Endowment for the Humanities.)
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