Freedom or Equity: What is the Best Path Forward for America?

3201 Burton Street Southeast,Grand Rapids MI 49546

15 March, 2022

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Join the Russell Kirk Center at Calvin University on March 15 for a conversation with Ian Rowe. Since the beginning of the American Constitutional system the question of who counts as “We the People” has been vexing. Over the past three generations, race, gender, and other identities “identities” have dominated that debate. Whether in civic places, main streets, or college quads, Americans have engaged in heated debates over America’s past record on race, but also over the problem of how we are to understand the promise of American freedom, order, and justice moving forward. How we address these challenges as a people will help determine whether America can forge a more equitable and free future. This will take listening and understanding on all sides of the political spectrum. A tall order these days. Join the Russell Kirk Center, The Henry Institute at Calvin University on March 15, and the Tocqueville Forum at Hope College on March 16, 2022, for back-to-back evening conversations that discuss and explore in an open and engaging spirit many of these contentious questions. Ian Rowe of the American Enterprise Institute will provide insight and reflection on our current racial divide, but especially about how best to chart a path forward for America to be whole, hopeful, and an authentically inclusive “We the People.” The evening conversation at Calvin University on March 15 will include Ian Rowe alongside professor Micah Watson of the Henry Institute at Calvin University. The event at Hope College on the evening of March 16 will include Ian Rowe, John Wood Jr , and professor Jeffrey Polet of the Tocqueville Forum at Hope College. While admission is free, space for these gatherings will be limited, so please reserve your spot for the event at Calvin University on March 15. The gathering will be held in Calvin's Chapel at 1845 Knollcrest Circle Southeast #1835, Grand Rapids, MI 49546. (You will find tickets for the event at Hope College on March 16 here.) The Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal aims to recover, conserve, and enliven those enduring norms and principles that Russell Kirk (1918–1994) called the Permanent Things.