David Holiday to speak at TCU’s Center for Civic Literacy event

Fort Worth, TX

1/13/2009

David Holiday will be the featured speaker at an event sponsored by TCU’s Center for Civic Literacy Feb. 17 at 7 p.m. in the Dee J. Kelly Alumni and Visitors Center on campus.

An advocate on civil society, Holiday will present  "Promoting Democracy Abroad: Confessions of a Reluctant Practitioner."

David Holiday is a program officer in the Latin America Program of the Open Society Institute, and the senior policy analyst on Latin America at the Open Society Policy Center, based in Washington, DC. For nearly 20 years, Holiday has worked as an advocate, or supported related advocacy efforts, on civil society, human rights and peace processes in Central America, based both in Washington, D.C. and in Central America.   He has published numerous articles and book chapters in both academic and policy journals on the role of the United Nations, human rights, civil society and peace processes in Central America and holds an A.B. in politics from Princeton University (1984).

TCU's Center for Civic Literacy was established to encourage civic engagement—active participation in American democracy. Civic literacy, the term used at TCU, begins by combating ignorance and misinformation about domestic and foreign policy issues that our democracy confronts.  The Center is concerned with civic literacy at every level of government. By helping provide people with a base of background and current information on public problems and issues, they can become informed, active participants in our American democracy.

For more information, visit: http://www.civlit.tcu.edu.