Members of the public are invited to join the League of Women Voters of Hawaii County, with co-sponsorship by the UH-Hilo Political Science Department, for a panel discussion about approaches to civics education that encourage students to be active, informed citizens.
The meeting will be held this Saturday at UH-Hilo UCB Room 127.
Doors will open at 9:45 a.m. The event starts at 10 a.m. and will end at approximately 11:30 a.m. It is a free event with light refreshments.
Key speakers are: Sarah Marusek, professor of public law in the Department of Political Science at UH-Hilo; Claudia Wilcox-Boucher, Social Sciences Department chair and student government adviser at Hawaii Community College; and social studies teachers Sean Wagner and Ishael Shaw-De Mello from Waiakea High School.
The speakers will share an overview of approaches to civics education and how it aligns with the student’s academic level; explain initiatives or programs at their school designed to actively engage students in civics participation and foster a deeper understanding of democratic principles; and explain how their school collaborates with local communities, organizations or government bodies to enhance civics education and encourage students to be active, informed citizens.
The event will be moderated by Nina Buchanan, UH-Hilo professor emerita of education.
Registration is recommended by signing in at the LWVHC at https://my.lwv.org/hawaii/hawaii-county.
For those interested, membership in the LWV is open to all citizens of voting age; noncitizens and citizens not yet of voting age can be associate members.