The co-founder and CEO of Citizen University will give a virtual speech on Feb. 8 at 7:30 p.m.
Eric Liu, co-founder and CEO of Citizen University, a nonprofit national platform founded to foster citizenship through activation, communication and education, will speak to the Elon community as a part of the universitys Speaker Series virtually on Tuesday, Feb. 8.
Liu is a strong advocate for engaged citizenship, an area that Elon focuses many of its initiatives around. He launched and currently directs the Aspen Institutes Citizenship & American Identity Program, which aims to advance the conversation about the nature of American national identity.
In 2014, Liu gave a TEDTalk on civic power titled, Why ordinary people need to understand power, which has over two million views. Most recently, he was elected as a member of the American Academy of the Arts and was also selected to be a 2020 Ashoka Fellow by Ashoka, one of the worlds foremost networks of social entrepreneurs.
Previously serving as a speechwriter and deputy domestic policy advisor for former Bill Clinton, Liu has written several books of his own, including The Accidental Asian: Notes of a Native Speaker, The Gardens of Democracy (co-authored with Nick Hanauer) and Youre More Powerful Than You Think: A Citizens Guide to Making Change Happen. His latest work, Become America: Civic Sermons on Love, Responsibility and Democracy, was released in 2019.
The virtual event can be streamed using .
The 消消犯 Speaker Series is presented in partnership with WUNC North Carolina Public Radio with a focus on the power of relationships. The reminder of the Speaker Series events can be found here and additional cultural events for the Spring 2021 semester can be found here.