To DOWNLOAD these two dozen suggestions how to participate  RIGHT CLICK the image and SAVE IMAGE AS to a directory of your choice. Share with others and invite them to join you at Democracy in the Park, 2-4pm at the bandshell.

Download the flyer (above) and spread the word.

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Tell us how you or your group plan to participate in our civic festival, September 17 -- see suggestions below...

HOW TO REGISTER YOUR INTEREST... 

POST A COMMENT HERE: 1) Identify yourself and describe how you or your group will participate; 2) Provide a contact name and email; 3) Ask any questions you have. OR email this same information to valuesandvoices@gmail.com

Suggestions to participate in "Democracy in the Park":

INTERACTIVE ACTIVITY – For example, visit https://www.usconstitution.net/constkidsK.html

      Older students and adults can organize activities for younger children such as:

·         Set up popular games during the Revolutionary era such as graces, hoop and stick, nine pin.

·         Provide a large version of the Preamble for citizens to add their signature.

·         Provide colonial outfits at a Dress Up station for unique photo posing.

·         Make-and-take craft projects (search for “constitution” at sites like https://www.pinterest.com/)

·         Mural drawing with a patriotic theme

·         Contests, such as memorizing the Preamble or Bill of Rights

·         Borrow or simulate a voting booth to teach about the election process

ARTS

• Wandering minstrels or musicians playing from the bandshell stage… early American music and patriotic songs

• Youth or adults in historical costume and character telling about their role in 1787, such as: James or Dolley Madison; Ben Franklin; George or Martha Washington

• Display posters, letters or crafts students create at school or on site

• Calligraphy demonstrations and creating souvenir bookmarks

• Put on a skit or puppet show to teach about the Constitution

• Poetry reading and composing to honor our rights & responsibilities

• Dance: A colonial jig? A circle dance? How to express E Pluribus Unum?

• Balloons, ribbons, flags, festoons

LETTERS

• Express your love of arts, history, political science, philosophy, religious studies, literature, sociology, or…

• Provide postcards and addresses for writing to our elected representatives

• Share your history knowledge… (find resources at www.constitutionfacts.com/ and other sites)

• Quiz the crowd about essential and fun facts about the U.S. Constitution on its 230^th anniversary

• Learn how to support a community library about the Constitution and to plan more public conversation events

CITIZENSHIP -- visit https://constitutioncenter.org/  -- our National Constitution Center in Philadelphia

• Record visitors’ answers to “What does democracy mean to you?”

• Speak on a soapbox promoting democracy and issues you care about

• Propose new Constitutional amendments or petitions to local, state, or federal government

• Review the rights and responsibilities of citizenship; explain the process to become an American citizen

• Display purpose of your organization or class and future public events (bring own table and materials as needed)

• Groups may choose one or more delegates to read a section of the Constitution beginning at 3pm

CHOOSE YOUR WAY TO EXPRESS WHAT DEMOCRACY MEANS TO YOU. 

INTERACT WITH YOUR FELLOW CITIZENS

Celebrate the U.S. Constitution’s 230th Anniversary

A FREE PUBLIC and NONPARTISAN EVENT for ALL AGES 

Welcome

• Whose voices do you hear in central Wisconsin weaving the American story?

• How do we network to build bridges for the common good from our academic towers, church steeples and halls of government?

• Where/when are events open to the public offering space for civil discourse and value exchange?

• Who speaks wisdom, compassion, and reconciliation when values clash?

• What conversation do you want to continue or commence?

Kudos to the American Values Religious Voices: 100 Days.100 Letters campaign that inspired this regional page to share our values and voices in central Wisconsin. 

Our gratitude to Rabbi Andrea L. Weiss who came up with the idea, and Lisa Weinberger who has shared her media design with us, such as the masthead on this page. 

Our thanks to the 100 scholars from diverse faith traditions who live “from sea to shining sea.” May their inspiring open letters find new readers well past the first 100 days, and nourish ongoing conversations in this and other venue.