Name
Breakout Sessions: Civics Innovators Competition (Weitzman)
Date & Time
Tuesday, May 19, 2026, 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Speakers
Elyse Alter, Sphere Education Initiatives
Emily Burden, Coolidge Foundation
Allan Carey, Sphere Education Initiatives
Lindsey Cormack, DCInbox
Jonathan Peele, Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation
John Snoad, Cato Institute
Adam Seagrave, Arizona State University, FAIR
Emily Burden, Coolidge Foundation
Allan Carey, Sphere Education Initiatives
Lindsey Cormack, DCInbox
Jonathan Peele, Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation
John Snoad, Cato Institute
Adam Seagrave, Arizona State University, FAIR
Description
This Civics Innovators Competition breakout will feature the presentations below. Presenters will have 13 minutes to pitch an innovative civics project and answer audience questions. Audience members will vote at the end of the session and the winner will be presented with a $10,000 prize at the closing lunch!
- Fulfilling the Promise: Teachers, Students, and the Declaration of Independence by Elyse Alter, Allan Carey, and John Snoad
- Declaration Declamations by Emily Burden and Jonathan Peele
- DCinbox Classroom: Making Representation Transparent for America250 by Lindsey Cormack
- The American Experience Curriculum by Adam Seagrave