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	"event_id": "1142079",
	"eventinstance_id": "4203457",
	"calendar": {
		"id": 7097,
		"title": "Plug and Play Orlando",
		"slug": "plug-and-play-orlando",
		"url": "https://events.ucf.edu/calendar/7097/plug-and-play-orlando/"
	},
	"id": "4203457",
	"title": "Constitution Day: How Should America Prepare Citizens for Self\u002DGovernment?",
	"subtitle": null,
	"description": "\u003Cp\u003ETeaching the Constitution: How Should America Prepare Citizens for Self\u002DGovernment?\u003Cbr\u003EConstitution Day Group Forum \u0026middot\u003B Thursday, September 17, 2026\u003Cbr\u003EFederal law requires every institution that receives federal funds to teach the Constitution each September 17, but there is no national agreement on how. This Constitution Day group forum takes that unsettled question as its subject: how should America teach the Constitution and prepare young people for citizenship? Bringing together voices from education, law, history, and public service, panelists will offer opposing perspectives on whether civic education should center on foundational knowledge or on inquiry and student action, whether states should mandate civic literacy testing, and who decides what a good citizen needs to know. Grounding the discussion in the founding document itself, the panel will engage the constitutional provisions at the heart of American civic understanding\u0026mdash\u003Bthe Preamble and Article I\u0027s structure of government, the First Amendment\u0027s protections for speech and dissent, and Article V\u0027s amendment process\u0026mdash\u003Bas the shared content every framework must reckon with. Moderated by Dr. Steve Masyada of the Lou Frey Institute, the forum turns Constitution Day\u0027s own federal mandate into the object of study because the Constitution endures only if each generation is taught to sustain it. Open to students, faculty, staff, and the public.\u003C/p\u003E",
	"location": "Live Oak \u002D UCF, 4115 Pyxis Ln, Orlando, FL 32816",
	"location_url": "https://maps.app.goo.gl/fiqGzmdnrHBks9wh6",
	"virtual_url": null,
	"registration_link": null,
	"registration_info": null,
	"starts": "Thu, 17 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0400",
	"ends": "Thu, 17 Sep 2026 13:00:00 -0400",
	"ongoing": "False",
	"category": "Speaker/Lecture/Seminar",
	"tags": ["Lou Frey Institute","Office of Civil Discourse and Engagement","Constitution Day","Public Policy Events"],
	"contact_name": "Haley Winston",
	"contact_phone": "407\u002D823\u002D0716",
	"contact_email": "haley.winston@ucf.edu",
	"url": "https://events.ucf.edu/event/4203457/constitution-day-how-should-america-prepare-citizens-for-self-government/"
}