Each year the GLCA sends students to the American College of Greece to participate in the Athens Democracy Forum.
The theme for 2021 is “After the Storms: From Crisis to Renewal”. Forum sessions will address a range of topics, including: Alternative Tools of Democracy, From the Ground Up: New Economic Models, Wake Up to Climate Change, Disinformation’s Black Hole, Rethinking Work, Art as Activism, and Fast-Track Democracies. Panels and workshops will emphasize the “Do” part of the Democracy and Culture Foundation’s Think-Talk-Do impact chain.
Student delegates are expected to make meaningful contributions, particularly in providing a youth perspective from their part of the world. The plan is to hold the ADF in person, but that plan could change due to Covid restrictions, which would mean a virtual forum.
Airfare, hotel, registration, and most meals will be paid for by OWU and the GLCA.
Students should reach out to Nancy Comorau–nacomora@owu.edu–for more information and an application. The provost will nominate two of the applicants, and a GLCA committee will choose the final participants, usually one per university.
OWU Sponsoring Organization/Office: Ohio Wesleyan University/GLCA
Contact: Nancy Comorau at nacomora@owu.edu