Our Programs

Our programming shows how trust and a faithful view of human nature can be used to revitalize and improve the body politics. The following demonstration projects proves that The Politics of Trust is pragmatic, real world operational, and that it can and does deliver!

OUR CURRENT PROJECTS:

The Al Alquist - Ed Davis California Capitol Collaboration Project

This project - initially co-chaired by Republican William Bagley and Democrat John Vasconcellos - is building a non-partisan team of former legislators from across the political spectrum committed to developing a partnership with current legislators toward reinstating the sense of teamwork and collaboration that once was the practice and pathway that made California governable.

California's Students Take the Lead: A New Vision for Higher Education

This project is coaching, mentoring and empowering student leaders within the UC, CSU, Community College, and the AICCU to drive California's Higher Education debate rather than only being allowed to offer comments afterward. There is a major focus on improving the Master Plan for Higher Education's focus to ensure access and affordability, as well as generating dialogue on the quality of the learning experience.

The Intersection of Communications, Technology & Politics

The Vasconcellos Project proposes a symposium and research endeavor exploring the intersection of communications and technology and politics whose purpose is to set the stage for a healthy dialogue regarding whether the internet (in all its latest capacities and permutations) ought be employed for the basic purpose of reforming our current not entirely functional or credible systems of representative democracy or replaces it. Thereupon, it would look at how we can best appreciate and employ such technological break-through capacities for civic empowerment and engagement.