Sphere Summit
2022 Sphere Summit: Foundations of Civic Culture
Sphere Summit, a full‐scholarship professional development program for grades 5–12 educators, will be offered both July 10–July 14 and July 24–July 28.
Event Details
Dates and Times
Location
Cato Institute 1000 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20001About
Sphere Summit, a full‐scholarship professional development program for grades 5–12 educators, returns as a fully in‐person experience in Washington, DC, and will run July 10–14 and July 24–28. Benefits include room and board, 20+ hours of professional development, classroom resources, and a $500 travel stipend upon completion of the program.
Program Schedule
Sunday, July 10
REGISTRATION
WELCOME RECEPTION
WELCOME REMARKS
KEYNOTE
Yascha Mounk
Associate Professor of the Practice of International Affairs, Johns Hopkins University
DINNER
Monday, July 11
BREAKFAST
CIVIC CULTURE AND FOUNDATION
Is Free Speech Being Chilled in the Classroom – And Beyond?
Jonathan Rauch
Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, Brookings Institution
Nadine Strossen
Former President, American Civil Liberties Union; and John Marshall Harlan II Professor of Law Emerita, New York Law School
APPLICATION WORKSHOP
Debate and Civil Discourse
David Trigaux
Program Director, Washington Urban Debate League
CIVIC CULTURE AND FOUNDATIONS
Polarization in America
Gene Healy
Senior Vice President for Policy, Cato Institute
Darrel M. West
Vice President and Director of Governance Studies, Brookings Institution
KEYNOTE: UNDERSTANDING EACH OTHER
Robert Doar
President and Morgridge Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
Peter Goettler
President and CEO, Cato Institute
Sarah Rosen Wartell
President, Urban Institute
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
The Second Amendment Today
Trevor Burrus
Research Fellow, Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute
Deepak Gupta
Founding Principal, Gupta Wessler
SOCIAL MEDIA AND TECH POLICY
Will Duffield
Policy Analyst, Cato Institute
Jennifer Huddleston
Policy Counsel, NetChoice
Carrie Sheffield
Senior Policy Analyst, Independent Women’s Forum
BREAK
APPLICATION WORKSHOPS
Foundation for Individual Rights in Education
iCivics
Retro Report
Allan Carey
Director, Sphere Education Initiatives
Caryn Rossiter
Manager and Senior Trainer, Sphere Education Initiatives
BREAK
RECEPTION
KEYNOTE
John Tomasi
Inaugural President, Heterodox Academy
DINNER
Tuesday, July 12
BREAKFAST
APPLICATION WORKSHOPS
Constitutionalism
Izzit.org
National Constitution Center
Bill of Rights Institute
BREAK
UNDERSTANDING EACH OTHER
Three Most Pressing Problems
David Boaz
Distinguished Senior Fellow, Cato Institute
Ramesh Ponnuru
Editor, National Review, and Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
LUNCH
UNDERSTANDING EACH OTHER
Cases Before the Court
Caroline Fredrickson
Distinguished Visitor from Practice, Georgetown Law
Walter Olson
Senior Fellow, Cato Institute
Ilya Somin
Professor of Law, Antonin Scalia Law School
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
Religious Freedom
Mustafa Akyol
Senior Fellow, Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, Cato Institute
Nury Turkel
Vice Chair, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom
BREAK
APPROACHES TO DELIVERY IN EDUCATION
Irshad Manji
Founder, Moral Courage College
Erec Smith
Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Composition, York College
Akilah Alleyne
Associate Director for K‑12 Education, Center for American Progress
APPLICATION WORKSHOPS
Moral Courage College
FREE EVENING IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
Wednesday, July 13
BREAKFAST
APPLICATION WORKSHOPS
Foundation for Teaching Economics
Stossel in the Classroom
BREAK
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
Federal Spending and Debt
Chris Edwards
Director of Tax Policy Studies, Cato Institute
Louise Sheiner
The Robert S Kerr Senior Fellow for Economic Studies and Policy Director of the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy, Brookings Institution
SPHERE IN THE CLASSROOM
Serge Danielson‐Francois
AP Seminar and AP Research Teacher, Divine Chile High School
Sean Kinnard
Psychology and AP World History Teacher, Yorktown High School
Betty Nordengren
English Language Learning Teacher, Benjamin District 25
LUNCH
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
Contemporary Issues in Immigration
Jorge Lima
Vice President of Immigration, Stand Together
Alex Nowrasteh
Director of Economic and Social Policy Studies, Cato Institute
Lora Ries
Director of Border Security and Immigration Center and Senior Research Fellow for Homeland Security, Heritage Foundation
FOREIGN POLICY: THE ROLE OF THE UNITED STATES ABROAD
Rachel Hoff
Policy Director, Ronald Reagan Institute
Kate Kizer
Foreign Policy Writer and Strategist
Justin Logan
Senior Fellow, Cato Institute
BREAK
SHOULD THE UNITED STATES ADOPT AN INDUSTRIAL POLICY?
Scott Lincicome
Director of General Economics and Trade, Cato Institute
Chris Griswold
Policy Director, American Compass
THE HEALTH OF OUR DEMOCRACY (CONFERENCE CENTER)
Yuval Levin, Director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies, American Enterprise Institute
Jonathan Rauch
Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, Brookings Institution
John Samples
Vice President, Cato Institute
BREAK
RECEPTION
KEYNOTE
Rep. Ro Khanna (D‑CA)
Rep. Nancy Mace (R‑SC)
DINNER
Thursday, July 14
BRUNCH
SPHERE ON THE ROAD
CLOSING REMARKS