You are more powerful than you think! How can you exercise your power to make change in civic life? How can we work together to create more equitable systems and bring positive change to our region?
Join us to hear from someone who has spent his life practicing and teaching civic power. Eric Liu, co-founder and CEO of Citizen University, is an internationally renowned speaker who uses examples from the left and the right, past and present, to reveal the core laws of power and how we can each be more active citizens. His energy and optimism are infectious. There is no more pressing time than now to understand your own power and use it.
We will send you the Zoom instructions after you register.
Event Schedule:
5:50-6:00 PM: Log into Zoom
6:00-7:00 PM: Program (includes time for Q&A)
7:00-7:30 PM: Optional post-program facilitated discussion
Tickets: $5-$50
Who: LT alumni, current class, honorary LT, and guests
Eric Liu
Eric Liu is the co-founder and CEO of Citizen University. He also directs the Aspen Institute’s Citizenship & American Identity Program. He is the author of several books, including The Accidental Asian: Notes of a Native Speaker; The Gardens of Democracy (co-authored with Nick Hanauer); You’re More Powerful Than You Think: A Citizen’s Guide to Making Change Happen; and his most recent, Become America: Civic Sermons on Love, Responsibility, and Democracy.
Eric served as a White House speechwriter for President Bill Clinton and later as the President’s deputy domestic policy adviser. He has served as a board member of the Corporation for National and Community Service, the Washington State Board of Education, and the Seattle Public Library and is a co-founder of the Alliance for Gun Responsibility. A regular contributor to the Atlantic, Eric can be found on Twitter @ericpliu.