James Madison's Montpelier We the People Spring 2014 | Page 11

CENTER

FOR THE

CONSTITUTION

strategic planning summit with

justice Sandra Day o’Connor
O

n November 3 and 4, 2013,
the Robert H. Smith Center for
the Constitution at James Madison’s
Montpelier hosted a strategic planning
summit with Justice Sandra Day O’Connor,
her iCivics organization, university
presidents, and thought leaders from
across the nation. Participants discussed
how technology can be used to reach both
young and adult learners with the goal
of inspiring them to be active, engaged
citizens.
Justice O’Connor reminded the group
that civic knowledge is not something
you are born with. It must be taught to
each generation. Through iCivics, an
organization Justice O’Connor founded
in 2009 to reverse Americans’ declin