Schedule
Everything you need to know about the Biennial
The 2021 UVA Democracy Biennial included three free webinar events.
Friday, September 24
3:00–4:30 PM
Roundtable: “Democracy and capitalism”
An interactive, dynamic discussion exploring themes such as inequality, mobility and opportunity, urban revitalization, the future of work, globalization, and American democracy.
- Tom Baltimore, chairman and CEO, Park Hotels and Resorts
- Gerald Chertavian, CEO, Year Up
- Deborah Feinen, mayor, Champaign, Illinois
- R. Edward Freeman, University Professor and Olsson Professor of Business Administration, Darden School of Business, University of Virginia
- Robert Hugin, former CEO and chairman, Celgene
- Carolyn Miles, former president and CEO, Save the Children
- Rami Nashashibi, executive director, Inner-City Muslim Action Network
- Tom Perez, former secretary of labor (President Obama)
- Denver Riggleman, former U.S. congressman (R-VA)
- Rodney Slater, former secretary of transportation (President Clinton)
- Robert F. Bruner, faculty senior fellow, Miller Center; dean emeritus, Darden School of Business, University of Virginia (moderator)
Saturday, September 25
1:00–2:45 PM
Mobility, equity, and the pursuit of the American dream
How far have we come and how far do we have to go for everyone to have a real shot at the American dream? Join high-level speakers from different sectors and perspectives for a series of conversations around the problems of inequity.
- Rashad Robinson, president, Color of Change
- Karin Lips, founder and president, Network of Enlightened Women
- Robert Doar, president and Morgridge scholar, American Enterprise Institute
- Ai-jen Poo, executive director, National Domestic Workers Alliance
- David Rubenstein, cofounder and co-chairman, Carlyle Group
- Margaret Spellings, president & CEO, Texas 2036; George W. Bush secretary of education
- Melody Barnes, director, UVA's Karsh Institute of Democracy; co-director, UVA Democracy Initiative; J. Wilson Newman Professor of Governance, Miller Center (moderator)
3:15–4:30 PM
Reform? Reform! A town hall on the future of American democracy
A critical look at the American system of governance: Is the Electoral College democratic? Is the American presidency too powerful? How can we restore faith in American norms and institutions?
- Angela Glover Blackwell, founder in residence at PolicyLink
- Mary Kate Cary, former speechwriter for President George H. W. Bush and Miller Center senior fellow
- Julián Castro, former Obama secretary of housing and urban development
- Larry Diamond, Hoover Institution and the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University
- John Dickerson, CBS News (moderator)