James Madison Center for Civic Engagement

Democracy Matters - Episode 25: UniverCity of Refuge

What can be done locally to address the global migration and refugee crisis?

Democracy Matters - Episode 24: New Politics in the Old Dominion?

Sen. Scott Surovell (JMU '93; UVA Law '96), Vice Chairman of Senate Democratic Caucus talks about what happened in the 2020 legislative session, election reform, options for voting during the pandemic, & redistricting

Democracy Matters - Episode 23: The World Needs U.S.-China Cooperation

As headlines declare relations between the United States and China have sunk to a new low, JMU China expert Dr. Edward Yang talks about what can be done to reinvigorate diplomacy between China and the U.S.

Democracy Matters - Episode 22: Civic engagement, social distancing, and democracy reform

COVID, the pandemic has really brought to bear not just the inequities and the inequalities, but also the necessity to have a much more active sense of democracy

Democracy Matters - Episode 21: Counting for Community Resilience: Census in the Time of COVID

Learn about how JMU students and faculty worked collectively this semester to contribute to local, state and national efforts to ensure a complete count in the 2020 Census.