The Commonwealth Club Centennial Assembly:
Renewing Democratic Civil Society
February 27-28, 2003
Kicking off The Commonwealth Club's Centennial year, this conference recalled the founders' original motivation for organizing The Club in 1903: to inform themselves, engage in dialogue with one another and societal leaders and thereby help construct the best possible public policies. In keeping with our role as a pillar of democratic civil society, The Club's Centennial Assembly focused on six "problem areas" of current American democratic society, and looked for the bright spots - examples of how people and organizations are overcoming these challenges.
Feb 27 03
Keynote Adress from Leon Panetta
Panel 1. Leadership
Is leadership in its true sense - the ability to motivate, inspire, find creative solutions to problems - increasingly scarce?...
Panel 2. The Political Arena
Is the US system of elective office serving the public interest? Are we recruiting the best talent for elective office?
Session A: Campaign Finance and the Drawing of District Lines
Session B: Citizen Participation in the Political Process
Feb 28 03
Panel 3. The Media: A Conversation with Jay Harris
Part 1
Part 2
Panel 4. Community Participation & Civic Dialogue
Panel 5. Foreign Policy: New Directions, Public Interest, Public Participation
Panel 6. Private Interest, Public Policy
Tom Campbell
Dee Dee Myers