Senator Graham to speak to SLS Academic Foundations Seminar

On Wednesday, Nov. 28, UWF will host for the second time in three years an on-campus visit by former US Senator and Florida Governor Bob Graham, who is as busy in retirement as he was while in public office serving his beloved Sunshine State.

One highlight of Graham's visit will be his ideas on what young people, including those in Chat Sue's Academic Foundations seminar class, can do to be more actively involved in government, politics, and civic life in their communities.

The mostly freshmen students in the class, SLS 1109, who have discussed why their peers seem to eschew anything having to do with politics and government, say that many students are cynical and see these topics as being so unpleasant that they avoid them like the plague.

In preparing for this session with Senator Graham, the class has joined a American down-up youth movement, called Democracy 2.0, aimed at reinventing politics just as if it were a new version of a software program that needs upgrading, or reinvention, rather than be followed because it is the status quo.

The Democracy 2.0 movement is the brainchild of a national youth movement, started on line in early October, called Mobilize.org

The class discussion with Senator Graham will take place on Wednesday, Nov. 28, from 2:30 to 3:30 in Room B of the UWF Conference Center. Students, faculty, and staff are invited to observe and take part in the class discussion.

For further information, contact csue@uwf.edu, 850-474-3177,in the UWF Advising Center.