May 8, 2020 | 2020, Events, Public Service |
Public Service Recognition Week is May 3-9 and it is the 36th year of a nation-wide effort to celebrate the contributions of those public servants employed in the government and nonprofit sectors. Now, more than ever, James Madison University is taking time to...
Nov 1, 2019 | 2019, elections, Events |
Virginia state and local elections are Tuesday, November 5. The James Madison Center for Civic Engagement and Dukes Vote have put together some key information you need to exercise your right to vote. Check voter registration! Individuals can only vote where they are...
Feb 11, 2019 | 2019, Events, Issues, State Politics |
Post by Anna Connole (JMU, ’20) and Shelby Taraba (JMU, ’18), Madison Center Engagement Fellow On a rare 60-degree February day in the ‘Burg, the Madison Center, Dukes Vote and Women of Color at JMU popped up our tents on the Quad and brought Benny’s...
Feb 3, 2019 | 2019, Constitution, Events, State Politics |
Post by Tyler Strosnider (JMU ’22) and Dr. Carah Ong Whaley Dr. Megan Tracey, a professor in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at JMU gave a timely talk at Democracy in Peril in January about the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). Along with current...
Jan 4, 2019 | 2019, criminal justice, Events |
On December 4, the Mahatma Gandhi Center for Nonviolence at James Madison University hosted a discussion on parole and parole reform in Virginia with Virginia Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security Brian J. Moran and Adrianne Bennett, Chair of the Virginia...
Nov 15, 2018 | 2018, Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement, Events |
In partnership with the University of Virgnia’s Center for Politics,The Madison Center hosted a MongoliaLEAD delegation at James Madison University on November 15, with young leaders joining us for a day to share ideas about the importance of advancing democracy...
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