Leadership & Public Engagement
Southern Journalists Roundtable
A once-a-semester gathering of journalists who report and
analyze issues in Southern states, as well as Washington, D.C. The
journalists meet with faculty and graduate students, as well as invited
presenters. The roundtables are designed to meet three
objectives: 1) to give journalist who focus on Southern state
governments and politics an opportunity to exchange ideas and
information, 2) to connect these journalilsts with scholars and
informed sources and 3) to spotlight trends and issues in the
South. Graduate and undergraduate journalilsm students are
invited to the discussions, as well as political scientists and other
scholars who comment on public affairs.
NC Journalists Roundtable
A North Carolina specific-version of the Southern Journalists
Roundtable.
Leadership Seminars for Southern Legislators
An annual four-day seminar held on the Chapel Hill campus,
conducted in collaborations with the UNC Program on the Humanities and
Human Values. More than 130 legislators from 10 states have
participated in the eight seminars offered since 1999.
2007 Seminar - November 11-14
Governor Winter (D-MS, Term: 1980-84) Speech
NC Legislative Seminars
The Program, along with the School of Government, convened
first-term North Carolina legislators twice, both before and after the
2003 session of the General Assembly. Lawmakers discussed the
state budget-making process, legislative redistricting, decisionmaking
in a representative assembly, N.C. history and constitution, and the
conduct of the state House under a co-speakership.
Carolina Seminars on Policy Development
From September 2003 through the spring 2005 semester, the
Program, along with the UNC Office of Economic and Business
Development, has co-sponsored a Carolina Seminar series entitled,
"After the Factories," bringing together administrators and faculty
from UNC-Chapel Hill and other UNC-system universities, state
government officials, business executives and staff of non-profit
agencies to discuss the economic trasition in North Carolina.
New Strategies for Southern
Progress
Program co-sponsored with Washington-based Center for American Progress
on February 24-25, 2005. Held in Chapel Hill, approximately 250
people from across the South were in attendance. Participants
included Gov. Mike Easley (NC), former Mississippi Gov. William Winter,
former U.S. Senator David Pryor (AR), former Knight Foundation
president Hodding Carter III and former White House chief of staff John
Podesta.
