在课程中，学生会见选举专家，谈论选举民主的机制。美国民主的现实统一了。历史学家卡罗尔·安德森（carol anderson）提供了原型和现实的历史观点。政治学家伯纳德·l。专门从事选民行为的fraga增加了现实生活环境。来自亚特兰大参与组织的两个“社区研究员”增加了他们对历史上被剥夺的团体倾向于采取行动和思考的理解。在每一点，“想象民主”课程的十几个大学生在课程中工作，以将这些知识与自己的创新联系起来，以一种方式来实现自己的创新。加强社区，进而加强民主本身。“一个充满活力的民主需要公民参与，”查尔斯·霍华德·坎德勒（charles howard candler）的非裔美国人研究教授，国际公认的投票和公民权利学者安德森说。“考虑真正的公民身份，不仅仅是一种思想练习，因为人们有能力运用这种愿景。”“梦想自由”课程是梅隆基金会（mellon foundation）的一部分，为安德森（anderson）和弗拉加（fraga）提供了建立公民参与的实验室，利用他们的专业知识和埃默里（emory）在亚特兰大的地理位置，成为一家历史悠久的现代民事权利中心。在这项工作中，班级欢迎来自所有专业的学生。尽管如此，学生仍必须在课程中申请一个席位，该课程强调了在研究生级别更常见的外部阅读和研讨会式的会议。秋季学期课程中的学生还将完成一个研究项目，该项目致力于为共同创造潜在的解决方案脱离接触问题。这项研究将是由埃默里数字奖学金中心设计的数字“民主枢纽”的一部分，并将被公民，社区团体和未来的计划同伙访问。随着政治观点或观点，他们在生活中想要的事情，从修理街道到更好的学校到梦想的自由和自我实现，以确保在民主过程中共同努力是改善生活的组成部分，” fraga说。她观察到，在winship doctors坐下并回答问题以帮助他们掌握治疗的问题之后，输液中心患者提倡他们的需求和需求。会议，他们必须将其视为对日常工作的可行补充。这是我投资于将其付诸实践所带来的目标意义。”她补充说。“对民主未来的这一希望并不是我从未有过的。”将学者与实用的社区研究员悬崖奥尔布赖特（cliff albright），联合创始人兼黑人选民matter的执行董事以及demos的民主董事，前亚裔美国人前进司法 - 阿特兰塔（justice-atlanta）的前执行董事phi nguyen是能够以行动方式进一步以历史和学术讨论为基础。社区。在“想象民主”课程中，社区考虑如何激励脱离脱离的公民参与政治进程。该课程由卡罗尔·安德森（carol anderson）和伯纳德·弗拉格（bernard fraga）领导。during the course, students meet election experts to talk about the mechanics of electoral democracy.— photos by kay hinton, emory photo/videofor two hours every week, a cluster of emory college faculty and students envision what life would look like if the ideals and the reality of american democracy aligned.emory historian carol anderson provides the historical view of both the archetype and actuality. political scientist bernard l. fraga, who specializes in voter behavior, adds real-life context. two “community fellows” from atlanta engagement organizations add their understandings of how historically disenfranchised groups tend to act and think.at every point, the dozen undergraduates in the “imagining democracy” course work to tie that knowledge with their own innovation in a way to strengthen the community and, in turn, democracy itself.“a full, vibrant democracy requires civic engagement,” says anderson, the charles howard candler professor of african american studies and an internationally recognized scholar on voting and civil rights. “it is more than a thought exercise to consider what real citizenship would look like, because people have the power to apply that vision.” ‘the freedom to dream’the course is part of a mellon foundation grant for anderson and fraga to create a lab that builds civic engagement, leveraging their expertise and emory’s location in atlanta as a historic and contemporary center for civil rights.given the interdisciplinary nature of the work, the class welcomes students from all majors. still, students had to apply for a spot in the course, which emphasizes outside reading and seminar-style meetings more commonly found at the graduate level.students in the fall semester course will also complete a research project that works to create potential solutions for common disengagement problems. the research will be part of a digital “democracy hub” designed by the emory center for digital scholarship and will be accessible by citizens, community groups and future program cohorts.“we want to know how to translate what many people don’t think of as political opinions or perspectives the things they want in their lives, from fixing the streets to better schools into the freedom to dream and the self-actualization to see that working together in a democratic process is a component to improving their lives,” fraga says.emory college junior dawnya green found her front-row seat to democracy at winship cancer institute of emory university. she observed that infusion center patients advocated for their needs and wants after winship doctors sat and answered questions to help them grasp their treatment.“if you want people to adopt something into their everyday practices, whether in health care or something like going to city council meetings, they have to recognize it as a viable addition to their routine,” says green, an african american studies major who aims for a career helping empower people to take the reins related to their health care.“now that i understand how to explain that, i am invested in the sense of purpose that comes with putting it into practice,” she adds. “this amount of hope about the future of democracy is not something i have ever had.” grounding the academic with the practicalthe value-add from the community fellows cliff albright, the co-founder and executive director of black voters matter, and phi nguyen, director of democracy at demos and former executive director of asian americans advancing justice-atlanta is the ability to further ground the historical and academic discussions with what taking action looks like.both leaders and their organizations work to mobilize voters and are heavily involved in community engagement, helping with everything from grocery distribution to training others on how to get involved in their own communities.undergraduates in the “imagining democracy” course consider how to motivate disengaged citizens to become involved in the political process. the class is led by carol anderson (shown) and bernard fraga.亲，点击此处在线申请留学咨询服务和报名评估！我们将竭诚提供最佳评估服务！
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