Sponsored by The Ethics Center at Fresno State with support from the Leon S. Peters Foundation Fresno State Political Science Department, Student Affairs at Fresno State

Fresno County Office of Education, and the Civic Learning Partnership of Fresno County Contact Andrew Fiala: afiala@csufresno.edu or Ethics Center website: http://www.csufresno.edu/ethicscenter

Free and Open to the Public. Parking Code: 269605

Constitution Day Thursday September 17, 2015, 9:30-noon

Fresno State Satellite Student Union

“I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome direction, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion by education. This is the true corrective of abuses of constitutional power” --Thomas Jefferson

It is essential that schools and communities foster a reasoned commitment to the founding principles of the U.S. Constitution and the values that bind us together as a people. How can public schools prepare the next generation to commit to democratic principles, engage in civic service, and sustain our Constitutional republic? Speakers include:

• Juan Arambula, former Assemblyman, attorney, school board member • Esmeralda Z. Soria, Fresno City Council • Honorable Rosendo Peña, Jr., Justice on the California Fifth District Court of Appeal • Lorenzo Rios, Chief Executive Officer, Clovis Veterans Memorial District • Ismail Ali, Fresno State Alum and UC Berkeley Law Student

Speakers will be followed by a Community Dialogue on these questions: 1. What is working now with K-12 civic education and engagement? 2. What improvements would revitalize civic education? Facilitated by John Minkler, Civic Educator, and Deborah Nankivell, Director of the Fresno Business Council