Event

 Vanderbilt students are invited to express how they feel about unity and democracy through a new poetry contest. The Vanderbilt Project on Unity and American Democracy is holding the contest in partnership with the Department of English and Master of Fine Arts Creative Writing program. The theme is “what unity through American democracy means… Read More

  Former Senate Majority Leader Dr. Bill Frist shared examples from his time in political office and gave advice on what could help current lawmakers work toward compromise in a recent panel discussion on effective lawmaking. The virtual discussion, “The Keys to Effective Lawmaking in Turbulent Times,” was… Read More

While national lawmakers are often seen drawing party lines and taking sides, local and regional governments across the nation can typically come to solutions more quickly and easily. A group of former and current municipal leaders came together in a virtual discussion on Nov. 3 to talk about how… Read More

  A group of Vanderbilt scholars with legal, historical and political expertise on immigration came together Oct. 19 to discuss the crisis around Haitian migrants at the southern U.S. border and the recent influx of Afghan refugees to the United States. “Migration is a fundamental evolutionary strategy for the last… Read More

  This event broadcast September 2021, featuring:   Jeremy Hayes: Senior Professional Staff Member and Adviser to Ranking Member Rob Portman (R-OH), Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee Ivelisse Porroa-Garcia: Director of Government Affairs, Ferox Strategies; former… Read More

Project co-chair Samar Ali speaks to the Franklin, TN community on "Common Values, Shared Future: The Pathway to Unity" Read More

[NOTE: the opening graphic plays for 2 minutes; Advance to 2:01 for the beginning of the program] In remembrance of the 20th Anniversary of the events of September 11, 2001, Chancellor Daniel Diermeier and the Vanderbilt Project on Unity… Read More

Thank you for engaging with Vanderbilt University to discuss the crises in Afghanistan. This event originally broadcast in August 2021. WAYS TO HELP Here are a few ways you can support and aid incoming Afghan families and refugees, as well as veterans and their families: Donate… Read More