On The Front Lines
John W. Whitehead, President of The Rutherford Institute, to Speak at Miller Center of Public Affairs on Friday, Jan. 22
Whitehead to Speak on 'The Assault on Our Freedoms: What We Can Do to Save the Republic'
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- John W. Whitehead, president of The Rutherford Institute and author of The Change Manifesto: Join the Block by Block Movement to Remake America, will be the guest speaker at The University of Virginia's Miller Center of Public Affairs in Charlottesville, Va., on Friday, January 22, 2010, at 5:30 pm.
Mr. Whitehead will speak as part of the Miller Center Forum on "The Assault on Our Freedoms: What We Can Do to Save the Republic." Miller Center Forums are non-partisan, free, open to the public, and no reservations are required. A book signing will follow his Forum, which will be webcast live.
The University of Virginia's Miller Center of Public Affairs, following Thomas Jefferson's vision of the University's public service mission, is a leading public policy institution that serves as a national meeting place where engaged citizens, scholars, students, media representatives, and government officials gather in a spirit of nonpartisan consensus to research, reflect, and report on issues of national importance to the governance of the United States, with special attention to the central role and history of the presidency.
The Miller Center Forum presents more than 60 speakers each year, drawn from high-ranking public officials and others involved in shaping public policy, from the academy, leading research institutions, and from journalists covering national and international events. Forum speakers address a wide range of issues including the current political environment, national security concerns, American history topics, timely international relations issues, and an expansive public policy agenda that includes health care, immigration, energy security, the environment, among many other themes.
As part of the Miller Center's mission, the Forum program allows for thoughtful reflection on issues of national importance to the governance of the United States. They offer a unique opportunity for speakers to engage in stimulating public policy discussions in a setting that encourages direct interaction between speaker and audience. Forums attract a large audience of faculty, students, and interested citizens. The Miller Center's Forum Room is modeled on the Virginia House of Burgesses and allows participants to fully engage in the dialogue. This approach, evocative of a time when speakers spoke directly to their audience, actively fosters personal engagement in our country's public affairs.
